Irresponsible people without masks are driving pandemic in India: ICMR
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Irresponsible people without masks are driving pandemic in India: ICMR
Indian Council of Medical Research, Director General Balram Bhargava when asked on who is diving the pandemic, said, "Irresponsible, less cautious people who are not wearing masks are driving the pandemic in India." He further reacted on re-infection of one case in Hong Kong.
He said, "We have read report on re-infection of one case in Hong Kong.
It can depend on several factors.
It could be related to the patient's immune status, whether the virus has mutated.
We need to closely follow it up, but at the same time we don't need to be alarmed".
Centre on Saturday spoke on the five steps discussed with the States that have high number of Covid-19 cases. Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that Centre discussed the steps with States to curb virus spread. Centre emphasized on increasing testing, better contact tracing among steps. Centre also asked States to track close contacts of those who are testing positive. ICMR DG Dr Balram Bhargava spoke on whether Covishield and Covaxin are effective against the virus variants. Watch the full video for more details.
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COVID-19 situation continues to deteriorate across the country as there is no holding back to surge in cases. A day after daily cases breached 2-lakh mark, in April 15 India reported 2,17,353 new cases. Country's COVID caseload is at 1,42,91,917 with 15,69,743 active cases. 1,18,302 people were discharged in last 24 hours taking total recoveries to 1,25,47,866. With 1,185 new deaths, death toll has mounted to 1,74,308. According to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 26,34,76,625 samples tested for COVID-19. The COVID vaccination drive is underway across country. So far 11,72,23,509 COVID vaccine jabs have been inoculated.
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