New Delhi: As discussions intensified over a new coronavirus variant dubbed as the “Dalmicron” in India, leading health experts on Saturday warned that people should ignore the rumours, and the World Health Organization (WHO) or the US Global health agencies like the Centers must wait. Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to confirm or deny the presence of such a COVID variant.
Several news sources in India this week referred to ‘Delmicron’, citing Dr Shashank Joshi, a member of Maharashtra’s C-19 task team, who said: “Delmicron, the twin spikes of Delta and Omicron in Europe and the United States has led to a mini tsunami of cases.”
As of now, there is no such COVID variant, and there is no information about another mutation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus after Omicron, which is causing havoc around the world.
According to Harshal R Salve, Associate Professor, Center for Community Medicine, AIIMS New Delhi, no such version exists, IANS reported.
“There is no new COVID virus variant called ‘Delmicron’ yet,” Salve said.
He said, “Omicron is also not a new virus as it is a mutated coronavirus. According to the evidence available so far, its infectivity is high, but the symptoms are mild in nature. So there is no need to panic about it.”
Omron is growing base in India: Dr Neha Gupta
According to Dr Neha Gupta of Medanta-The Medicity in Gurgaon, Delta is still the most common COVID strain in India, although Omron’s scope is expanding.
“So far, studies have shown that the Omicron version has a shorter incubation period of only 3 days compared to the delta version where it can be 2-28 days. This implies that the third wave will be of shorter duration and probably , reach a high peak if COVID-appropriate measures are not followed,” she was quoted by IANS in her report.
omicron cases in india
According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India on Saturday recorded 415 cases of the highly transmissible Omicron version of the coronavirus, up from 358 on Friday, even as several states tightened restrictions to contain its spread. done.
Maharashtra had the highest omicron With 108, Delhi has 79, Gujarat 43, Telangana 38, Kerala 37, Tamil Nadu 34 and Karnataka 31.
(With inputs from IANS)
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