The technical advisory committee has discussed in detail the spread of the AY 4.2 variant. The number of infected persons is less. The spread of the new virus is more in UK, Russia, and Israel
"From time to time, corona will raise its head but it will eventually decrease. Once the levels of antibodies decrease, the chances of catching Covid will increase. Even so, for those in the protected group, the death rate is very low," Prof Gyaneshwer Chaubey, senior geneticist of the zoology department of BHU, said
Sawant also said that the state government was 100 per cent prepared for the third wave in case it strikes in terms of human and infrastructural resources to combat the next phase of the pandemic.
The health department has decided to make three government hospitals-BC Roy Post Graduate Institute of Paediatric Science, Calcutta National Medical College Hospital (CNMCH) and North Bengal Medical College Hospital-as hubs for treatment of Covid-19-affected children.
Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly said it was time for Australia to "learn to live" with the virus after some premiers of states abandoned the Covid-zero strategy
The good news is that the coronavirus is not mutating as fast as it was doing before. The offsprings of the Delta variant, which was almost solely responsible for both normal and breakthrough infections during the second wave in the country, have not spread that fast. Most people have not dropped their guard as they did after the first wave.
Tope has discussed the issue with his Kerala counterpart Veena George, whose state recorded 31,000 new cases on Thursday with the Onam celebrations considered the prime reason, but the authorities have stepped up testing.
The state government is also likely to open religious places such as temples, mosques, churches, gurudwaras, among other places which are currently shut, under 'Unlock-six'.
Earlier in the day, Thakur flagged off the 'Fit India Run” at Peterhoff here. The event was organised by Nehru Yuva Kendra.
The Technical Expert Committee will comprise senior experts from the public health department, district survey officer, senior doctors, senior lung specialist, ICU experts, pediatricians, microbiologists, senior Ayush doctors and district surgeons
