‘Youth getting slightly more affected as they might have begun going out’
Bangalore Mirror Bureau / Updated: May 12, 2021, 06:00 IST
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The second wave of the covid-19 pandemic is impacting slightly more number of younger people as they might have begun going out and also because of some
variants of SARs-COV-2 prevalent in the country, the
ICMR chief said on Tuesday.
In response to a question on whether younger population were getting more affected, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Dr Balram Bhargava said the comparison of data during the first and the second wave of covid-19 has shown that there is not much age difference.
NEW DELHI: The second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is impacting slightly more number of younger people as they might have begun going out and also because of some variants of SARs-COV-2 prevalent in the country, the ICMR chief said on Tuesday.
In response to a question on whether younger population were getting more affected, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Dr Balram Bhargava said the comparison of data during the first and the second wave of Covid-19 has shown that there is not much age difference.
People above the age of 40 are more vulnerable for adverse outcomes.
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Youth getting slightly more affected in COVID second wave as they might have begun going out: ICMR
The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting slightly more number of younger people as they might have begun going out and also because of some variants of SARs-COV-2 prevalent in the country, the ICMR chief said on Tuesday.
In response to a question on whether younger population were getting more affected, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Dr Balram Bhargava said the comparison of data during the first and the second wave of COVID-19 has shown that there is not much age difference. People above the age of 40 are more vulnerable for adverse outcomes.
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A COVID-19 patient shows victory sign as she fights against the disease in Ranchi.
The savage second Covid wave that wreaked havoc across the country killing thousands and infecting lakhs of people daily apart from breaking the back of medical infrastructure may finally be waning. However, the war against the deadly infection is far from over.Â
The government on Tuesday said that an early trend of decline in daily new COVID-19 cases and deaths has been noted in the country.
States like Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Telangana, which were worst affected by the second wave, were among 18 states and union territories showing continued plateauing or decrease in daily new COVID-19 cases.