AP CM YS Jagan Directs Officials To Strengthen COVID Helpline 104 May 11, 2021, 12:08 IST
AMARAVATI: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy held a review meeting on prevailing COVID situation and vaccination and said to strengthen 104 helpline number and directed the officials to make the maximum number of mock calls to monitor its services.
During the review meeting held at the camp office here on Monday, the Chief Minister said to increase the availability of beds in districts with more covid cases. He said to provide oxygen and arrange all infrastructure facilities in the hospitals. He said there should be immediate response once a call is received to 104 helpline number and bed should be allotted to the required person and added that patients who don t require hospitalisation should be sent to covid care centres.
May 07, 2021, 12:51 IST
The new coronavirus variants B.1.617 and B.1, are currently found among the COVID-19 patients in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana, Andhra Pradesh.
According to the April COVID data, the double mutant B.1.617 is found in about 50-60% cases in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala and Karnataka.
So, the Delhi government has made a 14-day institutional quarantine for those who are coming to the national capital city from Andhra Pradesh or Telangana by bus, train, flight, car, truck or any mode of transportation.
According to an order released by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Thursday, Those who have been completely vaccinated with both doses, can show their certificate on entering Delhi and can undergo home quarantine for seven days. The same applies to the people who have a negative RT-PCR report that is no more than 72 hours old.
Andhra Covid variant circulating for months, fading away now; no need to worry: Expert
On reports of a unique and more virulent strain, or the Andhra Pradesh strain, circulating in South India, former CCBM director Dr Rakesh Mishra has said that the N440K strain is not new and is not a cause of concern.
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Medics collects samples from students for Covid-19 test at a university in Visakhapatnam. (Photo:PTI File)
Debunking the perception that the N440K variant circulating in South India, particularly in Andhra Pradesh, is much more dangerous than the previous variants of Covid-19, experts have clarified that the strain has been circulating for months and is now disappearing.
New Covid strain: Delhi makes 14-day quarantine mandatory for those coming from Andhra, Telangana
The order released by Delhi Disaster Management Authority says those who have received both doses of Covid-19 vaccines will have to show their certificate and they can undergo 7-day mandatory home quarantine upon their arrival in Delhi
BusinessToday.In | May 7, 2021 | Updated 09:32 IST
Delhi has exempted government officials travelling from these states on official work from undergoing mandatory quarantine if they are asymptomatic
People coming from Andhra Pradesh or Telangana by bus, train, flight, car, truck or any other mode of transportation will have to mandatorily undergo 14-day institutional quarantine in Delhi. The decision has been taken given a new virulent of Covid-19, which is spreading fast in these states. As per the Delhi government, quarantine can either be paid or at a government-allocated institutional facility.
Citing CCMB study, Andhra rules out N440K role in current Covid surge
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Citing CCMB study, Andhra rules out N440K role in current Covid surge. Image Source: IANS News
Amaravati, May 6 : Andhra Pradesh Health Department has stated that research data compiled by the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) so far, doesn t establish that N440K is a variant of interest, and is virulent. The clarification comes in the wake of widespread concerns over the role of this particular variant in the spread of covid in the state currently.
Experts were worried that the N440K variant, discovered by the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), might be the reason why Covid patients condition, in Visakhapatnam and other parts of Andhra Pradesh, is going from bad to worse, in as few as three to four days.