To ramp up production capacity of vaccines, it is essential that the global supply chains of raw materials are kept open, said Ambassador T. S. Tirumurti, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations
Omicron is a differently mutated virus and India has taken the variant very seriously, said Dr Mohan Gupte (retd), the founder-director of ICMR Epidemiology Department in Chennai on Wednesday.
The former Director of ICMR Epidemiology department at Chennai said the newly detected Omicron Covid variant is said to be six times infectious compared to the Delta variant that caused a surge in Covid-19 cases worldwide through 2021.
Expert explains why UK’s ‘more infectious’ Covid-19 strain spreads faster
Expert explains why UK’s ‘more infectious’ Covid-19 strain spreads faster
In an exclusive interview, Dr Mohan Gupte (retd), the founder-director of ICMR Epidemiology department in Chennai, explained why the new Covid strain found in the UK spreads faster and whether it could endanger ongoing efforts to tackle the pandemic.
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UPDATED: December 21, 2020 08:40 IST
The new Covid-19 variant found in UK spreads 70 per cent faster in comprison to the older strain. (Photo: Reuters/Representational image)
A new variant Covid-19 strain has been discovered in the United Kingdom last week and could be the reason behind the sharp rise in cases in the country. Scientists and researchers say the new strain has much higher transmissibility than compared to the earlier variant.