new Delhi: With the steady rise in the cases of COVID-19, political support as well as health experts have started taking precautionary measures to contain the spread of the virus. With the arrival of Kovid Bf. 7 variant scare Doctors are expecting nearly 100 million Covid cases and 1 million deaths in China amid recent surge in infections. Dr Neeraj Kumar Gupta, HOD, Pulmonary Medicine, Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital, said on Saturday, “Based on mathematical calculations, we expect close to 10 crore Covid cases, 5 million admissions and 1 million deaths in China, which is a It’s a big number.” , Gupta said that China is at the same stage as India was earlier, but India has now gained good experience in fighting the virus.
“We faced the first wave, the second wave of the very severe Delta variant, and the third wave of the Omicron variant which was not severe but very contagious,” Gupta said. He said that Chinese citizens have low immunity due to the country’s strict lockdown strategies. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday announced that RT-PCR test has been made mandatory for passengers coming from five countries including China.
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“RT-PCR test is mandatory for international arrivals from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand. On arrival, if any passenger from these countries is found to be symptomatic or tests positive for COVID-19 infection , then he/she will be kept in quarantine,” Health Minister Mandaviya said.
He also said that it will also be made mandatory for international passengers coming from these Asian countries to fill up the Air Suvidha form declaring current health status. Keeping in mind the rising number of Covid cases globally, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday said the Center and states need to work “in tandem” and in a “spirit of cooperation”, as they did during the previous surge. I went. Presiding over a virtual meeting with state Health Ministers, Principal Secretaries, Additional Chief Secretaries and Information Commissioners on Friday, Mandaviya said that the country needs to be alert and fully prepared for Covid management.
The meeting was held in the presence of Union Minister of State for Health Bharti Praveen Pawar, NITI Aayog member VK Paul to review public health preparedness due to the recent spurt in cases in some countries like China, Japan, Brazil and the United States. For the prevention and management of Covid-19 and progress of the National Covid-19 Vaccination Campaign.
Nearly 250 million people in China could be affected by COVID-19 in just 20 days after the zero-COVID policy was relaxed in the first week of the month, Radio Free Asia said citing leaked government documents circulating on social media .
According to a document leaked in a 20-minute meeting of China’s National Health Commission, between December 1 and December 20, 248 million people were infected with Kovid-19, which is 17.65 percent of China’s population. According to Radio Free Asia, the figures of Covid cases released by the government officials on 20 December differ from the reality as it was estimated to be around 37 million.
(With inputs from ANI)