“Earlier, the BA.1 variant was dominant among the samples collected from the travelers. Now in community settings, we have found that the BA.2 sub-variant is gradually increasing,” he mentioned.
Talking about rising instances of Omicron, Singh mentioned that out of the total genome sequencing reviews acquired up to now, rising instances of Omicron have been discovered within the month of January.
Of the total reviews acquired, 1,292 Omicron instances have been present in December final yr, whereas the variety of Delta instances was over 17,000, he mentioned.
In January up to now, 9,672 Omicron instances have been discovered towards 4,779 Delta instances, which incorporates 3,201 AYC variant and 1,578 Delta variant, Singh mentioned.
Mainly three states – Maharashtra, Odisa, and West Bengal – have reported the Delta variant on the idea of genome sequencing, mentioned Singh, including that it doesn’t imply that solely the Omicron variant is being reported all over the place.
He emphasised that the Delta variant has not gone but.
Talking about Covid fatalities, he mentioned that these unvaccinated and other people with comorbidities are within the high-risk group.
“Around 64 percent of those who died in Delhi were from the unvaccinated group with major comorbid population,” he added.
ICMR chief Balram Bhargava mentioned that vaccines have remained helpful for India.
“Vaccine reduces deaths considerably in the vaccinated population compared to the unvaccinated individuals. Around 95 percent adult population in the country have received the first vaccine dose, while 74 percent have been fully vaccinated,” mentioned Bhargava, as he urged the states lagging behind in vaccination to ramp up the drive.
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Source: IANS
