Covid XBB.1.16 Variant: 3095 new cases of corona have been registered in the country in the last 24 hours. More than 3 thousand infected have been found for the second consecutive day. The number of active patients has crossed the figure of 15 thousand.
Corona in India. (representative picture)
Covid XBB.1.16 Variant: It was three weeks ago that in the country covid The situation was normal since then. It seemed that now the corona virus is over. It seemed so because from the beginning of 2023 till March 10, counting cases of Kovid were coming in the country. Experts were also saying that Kovid has become endemic in India. But now the picture seems to be changing again. In the last 24 hours, 3095 new cases have been registered. More than 3 thousand infected have been found for the second consecutive day. The number of active patients has crossed the figure of 15 thousand.
Most infected are found in Delhi, Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh. Experts are giving many reasons for the increasing cases of Kovid. The biggest reason among these is being told to the Omicron XBB.1.16 variant. There have been more than 600 cases of this strain in the country.
If you look at the history of the last one year of Corona, so far 11 sub-variants of Omicron have come in India. Now XBB.1.16 has come, due to which the cases are increasing, so is it more dangerous than all other sub-variants? ? Let’s know what the experts say.
Variants keep coming from mutations in the virus
Kovid expert Dr. Kamaljit Singh says that since the last three years, mutations are happening in the Kovid virus. Many variants have come in this sequence and will continue to come in the future, but for the last one year we are seeing that only all variants of Omicron are coming, which are not very contagious. Now XBB.1.16 Variant has come. This is a subtype of the earlier XBB variant, yes, its cases are increasing, it is also spreading rapidly. This time the hospitalization due to Covid has also increased slightly. In such a situation, it can be said that this variant is more contagious than others, but it is not fatal.
Till now all the infected people have only mild symptoms of the virus. Only patients suffering from chronic diseases are in need of hospitalization. There is no need to panic in such a situation, but now is the time not to be negligent about Kovid at all. Patients of asthma and other respiratory diseases must wear masks and do not go in the crowd.
How likely is a new wave to come
Professor in the Department of Community Medicine at Safjarjung Hospital Dr Jugal Kishore It is said that the cases of Kovid are increasing in India, but the increase in them is not much. When the tests are increasing, then its cases will definitely come. The reason XBB.1.16 Variant Apart from this, there can be any other variant as well. As far as this variant is concerned, it is definitely contagious, but there is no danger of increasing the death rate.
WHO advised the fourth dose
In view of the increasing cases of corona, the World Health Organization has advised the fourth dose of Kovid. WHO has advised those at high risk to take one more dose after the booster dose.
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