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The central government has written a letter to 8 states, alerting them for the Delta Plus variant of Corona. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written a letter to the Chief Secretaries of 8 states asking them to make complete preparations for Delta Plus. These include Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Karnataka, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu.
In the letter, the Center has said that the cases of this variant of Corona are increasing rapidly in the country. In such a situation, there is a need to increase the speed of testing, tracking and vaccination. Wherever Delta Plus cases are found, strict containment arrangements should be made. Do not hesitate in this. The Center has also issued an alert in 10 districts.
Alert in 10 districts of these states
- Tamil Nadu- Madurai, Kancheepuram and Chennai
- Rajasthan- Bikaner
- Karnataka- Mysuru
- Punjab- Patiala and Ludhiana
- Jammu and Kashmir- area
- Haryana- Faridabad
- Gujarat- face
- Andhra Pradesh- Tirupati
Important points of the government’s guideline
- In the states or districts where Delta Plus patients are found, urgent measures should be taken to prevent crowding and control the gathering and movement of people.
- In the districts where Delta Plus cases have been found, containment zones should be created with immediate effect. Restrictions should be strictly followed.
- Sufficient samples of people found to be corona infected should be immediately sent to the laboratories of the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortia (INSACOG).
51 cases of Delta Plus in the country so far
According to the government, the cases of Delta Plus variant have increased to 51 in the country. So far, cases of this variant have been found in a total of 12 states. In the investigation of 45 thousand samples, the maximum number of 22 cases have been reported in Maharashtra. Apart from this, 8 cases have been confirmed in Madhya Pradesh, 3 in Kerala, 2-2 in Punjab and Gujarat, one case each in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana and Karnataka.
Alert issued to MP, Maharashtra and Kerala 2 days ago
The Health Ministry had issued an alert to Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Kerala two days ago. Based on recent findings from the Indian SARS-CoV-2 genomic consortia, Maharashtra, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh have been advised to be cautious of this variant.
The effect of the vaccine will be known in 10 days
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) DG Dr. Balram Bhargava said on Friday that it will be known in 10 days how effective the vaccine is on Delta Plus. He said that mutation in the Delta variant is also due to pressure and it gets better environment.
What is the Delta-Plus variant?
- The double mutant strain B.1.617.2 of the coronavirus found in India has been named Delta by the World Health Organization. Another mutation K417N has occurred in B.1.617.2, which was also found earlier in beta and gamma variants of the coronavirus. The variant formed after the new mutation is called the delta+ variant or AY.1 or B.1.617.2.1.
- These variants with the K417N mutation are more infectious than the original virus. Can weaken the effect of vaccines and medicines. Actually, the delta variant (B.1.617.2) is derived from the B.1.617 lineage itself. There are two more variants of the same lineage – B.1.617.1 and B.1.617.3, in which B.1.617.1 is listed by WHO as Variant of Interest (VOI) and named Kappa.
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