Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya told the Rajya Sabha on Monday that there are now 161 confirmed cases of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in India.
“We are monitoring the situation daily with experts. With our experience during the first and second waves, we have created a buffer stock of critical drugs to ensure that we do not face problems when the variant spreads. arranged.” Minister added.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya also said, “Under the leadership of PM Modi, with the efforts of our healthcare workers, 88 per cent of the first dose of COVID vaccine has been administered, 58 per cent of the second dose has been administered so far. Majority of the population India has been vaccinated today.”
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Omicron scares in India
161 confirmed cases of the Omron variant have been detected in 12 states across the country.
Sources told India Today that the condition of not a single person found infected with Omicron is critical. All the cases are ‘mild’, sources said, adding that 42 persons have been discharged after treatment.
Maharashtra has 54 confirmed cases of Omicron type, followed by 32 in Delhi, 20 in Telangana, 17 in Rajasthan, 13 in Gujarat, 11 in Kerala, eight in Karnataka, two in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal. Bengal and Chandigarh one each.
Genomic sequencing of 31,000 samples is being done every month in 38 laboratories across the country.
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More than 60,000 confirmed cases of the Omicron variant have been detected worldwide, with the United Kingdom accounting for 50 percent of cases.
A ‘highly transmissible’ strain called ‘a form of concern’ by the World Health Organization (WHO), Omicron was first reported in South Africa on 24 November. The first two such cases in India were detected in Karnataka on December 2. ,