Kolkata: India is suffering from a spike in COVID-19 infections, with a daily surge in cases. Gulf News takes a closer look at the ‘whys’, ‘hows’ and ‘whats’ of a profound humanitarian crisis that is currently unfolding in the second-most populous nation in the world.
How bad is the current situation in India?
Just consider the following set of statistics:
During the ‘first wave’, it took 15 days for the number of positive cases in India to go up from 200,000 to 300,000. In the ‘second wave’, the same figures were reached in just eight days. And, while it took 16 days for the number of positive cases to rise from 600,000 to 700,000 during the ‘first wave’, in case of the ‘second wave’, the same numbers have been reached in only three days! You read it right – three days! India’s active case-load stood at 16,960,172 on Sunday, with 192,311 deaths so far and 14,085,110 recoveries.
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Coronavirus double and triple mutants are the same: Study:- The coronavirus created a shallow across the globe and the second, third variants made space after a vaccination for the deadly virus is discovered. The people are in left in panic with the ongoing speculations about the double and triple mutants of coronavirus. Keeping an end to the speculations, National Institute of Biomedical Genomics Director Soumitra Das said that the double and the triple mutants detected are the same and the available vaccines are effective on the virus. Soumitra Das spoke at a webinar on Genome Sequencing of SARS-CoV-19 . He said that the double and triple mutants are colloquial and they refer to the same: B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus. He called them overlapping terms and are used differently in various contexts.
COVID second wave: Mutant variants driving rise in high-burden states
On the strains, such as the double and triple mutant detected in India, they said all are the same variant of the virus, and the available vaccines are effective on them.
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A healthcare worker prepares to collect a swab sample from a passenger at the Kempegowda Bus Station in Bengaluru on Sunday. (Photo | Shriram BN/EPS) By Express News Service
NEW DELHI: Experts engaged in genome analysis say that one of the reasons behind the surge in the Covid-19 cases could be increasing mutant variants in many cities, especially in high-burden states.
Double and triple mutants of COVID-19 are same; vaccines effective on it: Scientist
There is apprehension among experts that the new variant could also increase infection rates and easily surpass immune defences.
By PTI| Posted by Nikita Venkatesh | Updated: 23rd April 2021 6:34 pm IST
New Delhi: The double and triple mutant strains detected in India are one and the same variant of the coronavirus, and the available vaccines are effective on it, National Institute of Biomedical Genomics Director Soumitra Das said on Friday.
Speaking at a webinar on ‘Genome Sequencing of SARS-CoV-19’, Das said double mutant and triple mutant terms are “colloquial” and both refer to the same variant B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus.