Ranchi: Even when the number of Covid-19 cases increased in steep amounts and infecting even those who were fully vaccinated, health care experts have urged people not to lose confidence in the efficacy of vaccines as ‘they have a role to play reducing the severity of infection’.
On Friday, 3825 new cases were reported in the state and during the past week, there was an average of 2,473 cases per day, an increase of 771% from the average two weeks earlier.
On Friday night, there were at least 369,049 cases and 5,161 deaths in Jharkhand since the beginning of the pandemic in 2020, according to Mohfw.
This sharp increase in infection at least 71% of the eligible population has taken their jab and 44% fully vaccinated creating concerns about the efficacy of the vaccine among people.
On Saturday afternoon, the Minister of Health Banna Gupta, who was excessive, said that he had tested Covid’s positive.
Experts believe that vaccines cannot prevent infection but they can help reduce the severity of the virus.
“Breakthrough infections are always reported but we must see whether the cases are serious,” Head of the Preventive Social Medicine Department at the Rajendra Medical Institute, Ranchi, Dr.
Devesh Kumar, said.
He added, “from 750 deaths reported in rim during the second wave of pandemic last year, triggered by the deadly Delta variant, 739 had not taken the vaccine and the rest only took the first dose and they signed Covid.
Within 14 days after taking Jab.
Fully vaccinated does not give up on the virus.
“Until now, the number of hospital admissions is far less than the number of positive cases.
According to reports released by Ranchi Hospital, only 24 beds were occupied by Covid patients until 3:00 p.m.
on Saturdays and none of them in oxygen support or on the ventilator.
In the rim, seven patients were in the ICU, where four were on oxygen support.
“Those who are treated in the ICU are because they have co-morbidity and not because of lung congestion,” Dr.
Kumar said.
Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Arun Kumar Singh, who has been seeking a detailed report of all their preparedness districts, the availability of oxygen and ICU beds, their vaccination status and the severity of infection, told toi that the current strain affects all, regardless of their vaccination status or previous infection.
“The severity is not fatal and the vaccine must play a decisive role in it,” he said.
The Association of Indian Private Health Service Providers (Jharkhand Unit) Jogesh Gambir said that many patients came to the hospital were vaccinated.
“But the amount is much cheaper than what scenario during the second wave and most of these patients have co-morbid conditions,” he added.