New Delhi: The center said the increase in Covid-19 cases since December 26 could be part of the global upsurge associated with Omicron, with new daily cases that crossed 10,000 and the R-zero value in India (transmission rate) stood at 1.22 , shows a widespread in case.
While associating a surge in recent cases to the possibility of bursts of omicron infection in this country, officials stated that Delta continued to be the dominant tension in India.
The government also said that the severity of the Omicron variant was still not settled even though it seemed light.
The study is still ongoing to assess the impact.
“We have realized that this variant is very contagious and might explain the speed that rises in the world,” said members of the Niti Aayog VK Paul.
Paul also expressed concern over a sharp increase in Covid-19 cases and participants in certain countries including Delhi, Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana, Jharkhand, Chhattishgarh, West Bengal and Gujarat.
“There is an uptick.
Some countries show a rising trend.
We believe in the scientific basis that RO is now 1.22 according to the available data.
So, the case now zoom in, not shrink.
So far, his death is stable in the range of 250-260, below 300 normally , and stay stable, convincing until now, “he said.
The number of districts with more than 10% participants also increased sharply to eight now from two weeks ago.
In addition, 14 districts have participants in the range of 5-10%.
Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Delhi, Karnataka and Gujarat emerged as states and associated regions of concerns based on weekly and prospective cases, said LAV Aggarwal, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Health.
The center has also written to eight states and UTS witnessing a rapid surge in the case of Covid-19 to increase testing, strengthen hospital preparedness, increase the speed and coverage of Covid vaccination drive and strict enforcement to contain deployment.
Countries are Haryana, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, West Bengal and Jharkhand.
Countries are asked to be alert considering the improvement of domestic trips recently.
Officials said they did not need to panic because the country was prepared in terms of large-scale vaccination coverage, infrastructure and health services but was warned against self-satisfaction.
“As a country we have a massive experience and shield of a very high vaccine.
No need to panic but there is a need to be prepared, responsible and disciplined,” Paul said.
About 90% of the adult population is now covered with at least the first dose of Covid vaccine, while 63% have received both.