COVID-19 strain in Singapore different , claims Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain
Jain s comments came hours after the Singapore government conveyed to the Indian High Commissioner its strong objection to Kejriwal s comments about a Singapore variant of COVID-19.
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NEW DELHI: Amid criticism over Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal s Singapore COVID-19 variant remark, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Wednesday claimed there was a different strain of
coronavirus spreading in that country.
Jain s comments came hours after the Singapore government conveyed to the Indian High Commissioner its strong objection to Kejriwal s comments about a Singapore variant of COVID-19.
Rajasthan declares ‘black fungus’ an epidemic
May 19, 2021
× With different States expressing concerns over black fungus or Mucormycosis, Rajasthan has declared it an “epidemic”.
With about 100 cases of the fungal infection being reported, the State has notified it as an epidemic under the Rajasthan Epidemic Act 2020, according to a release by State s Principal Health Secretary Akhil Arora. He said the step was taken to ensure integrated and co-ordinated treatment of black fungus and the coronavirus. Doctors treating the infection will be required to inform the government.
On Monday, the State government had issued orders to purchase 2,500 vials of Liposomal amphotericin used to treat black fungus, Health Minister Raghu Sharma said. A separate ward has been made at Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital in Jaipur for treating the infected patients .
He says it is worried about its image in Singapore
Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday alleged that the BJP is doing “cheap politics” over Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s statement on COVID-19 situation in Singapore. Mr. Sisodia said that the actual issue is the danger to children. “But the BJP is worried about its image in Singapore and not worried about our children,” he said.
“The new form of novel coronavirus in Singapore is said to be very dangerous for children. It could reach India in the form of a third wave,” Mr. Kejriwal had said in a tweet on Tuesday.
Special task force will be constituted to protect children from COVID s third wave: Kejriwal
New Delhi, May 19 (UNI) Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said a special task force comprising pediatricians, experts, and senior IAS officers will be constituted as a part of the Delhi government s efforts to protect children from COVID-19 s third wave.
The Chief Minister, who convened a meeting with officials to review the current COVID-19 situation in Delhi, and to deliberate on the measures to be taken to prevent the third wave of the pandemic, prioritised the increase in the number of beds, along with an increased oxygen allocation and the creation of the special task force.
Explaining about the sub-lineage, Rakesh Mishra, former Director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology said, “B.1.617 was the mutant which was increasing in some part of the country like Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka and now gradually it has led to three sub-lineages (B.1) 617.1, 617.2 and 617.3.