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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.
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. We have found that younger people are getting slightly more involved because suddenly they have gone out and there are variants also prevalent in the nation which may be affecting them as well, he said.
Medical oxygen supply increased by nearly four times from February to April: Govt sources ANI | Updated: Apr 20, 2021 12:28 IST
New Delhi [India], April 20 (ANI): The medical oxygen supply has been increased by nearly four times from 1,273 metric tonnes in a day in the last week of February to 4,739 metric tonnes in a day on April 17, government sources said on Tuesday.
Amid concerns over the shortage of medical oxygen, as coronavirus cases grow across the country, the Central government has taken several steps to boost the supply of oxygen to hospitals.
Indian Railways will be running Oxygen Express trains over the next few days to transport liquid medical oxygen and oxygen cylinders across the country.