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The antidote to 3rd wave of Covid is combination of social distancing, health infra and massive vaccination outreach
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The antidote to 3rd wave of Covid is combination of social distancing, health infra and massive vaccination outreachBy
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The key question at this juncture is: will there be a third wave, and if yes, how should the government and citizens gear up to confront that? The antidote to such a wave, scientists and virologists say, lies in a combination of measures such as social distancing, masking, ramping up of health infrastructure and last-mile vaccination with a sense of urgency.
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India, which is going through a vicious third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic that looks like lasting till July or August, needs to ramp up vaccinations and simultaneously widen its testing network so that those who test positive can be isolated thereby allowing some breathing space for health care facilities to regroup.
updated: May 10 2021, 16:10 ist
The Indian variant of SARS-CoV-2 (B1.617) causes worse lung disease in hamsters than earlier versions of the coronavirus, the Indian Council of Medical Research has said in a new study days after the Union Health Ministry described it as a “variant of concern.”
Carried out on hamsters, the ICMR study shows maximal body weight loss and higher viral load in animals infected with B1.617, causing pronounced lung lesions in hamsters compared to the B1 variant.
This demonstrates the pathogenic or disease-causing potential of B1.617 in an animal model as the virus has been reported from human samples in at least 17 states and union territories with a significant presence in Maharashtra, West Bengal, Karnataka, Delhi and Gujarat.
The death toll from coronavirus in India surpassed 200,000 on Wednesday, with more than 3,000 deaths reported in 24 hours for the first time, according to official data.
A total of 201,187 people had died from the outbreak in the country as of Tuesday, the health ministry said, although many experts believe the true figure is higher.
India recorded a total of 18 million infections, with 360,000 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. Nearly six million new cases are from April alone.
The country currently has the fourth-highest death toll in the world, behind only the US, Brazil and Mexico.
Crematoriums across India are struggling to keep up with the task of accommodating the pile-up of bodies.