Britain variant could be behind current COVID-19 surge in Delhi, says NCDC chief
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Last Updated: Apr 23, 2021, 07:32 PM IST
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The UK variant was found in 28 per cent of samples in the second week of March. In the last week of the month, 50 per cent of samples had this variant, Singh said.
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The current wave of the coronavirus pandemic in Delhi could have been fuelled by the UK variant as its prevalence in genomes sequenced nearly doubled from the second to the last week of March, Sujeet Singh, director of the National Centre for Disease Control, said on Friday. Speaking at a webinar, Genome Sequencing of SARS-CoV-19 , Singh said the UK variant of coronavirus is also dominant in Punjab.
Former PM Manmohan Singh admitted to AIIMS Delhi after testing positive for Covid-19
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has tested positive for coronavirus and has been admitted to AIIMS Delhi.
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Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. (Picture Credits: Reuters)
Former prime minister and veteran Congress leader Manmohan Singh has been admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi after testing positive for coronavirus on Monday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were among the many leaders who wished former PM Manmohan Singh a speedy recovery.
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Updated: Apr 18, 2021, 04:16 PM IST
The second surge of COVID-19 cases in India has swamped hospitals much faster than the first because mutations in the virus mean each patient is infecting many more people than before, epidemiologists and doctors say.
India, the world s hardest-hit country after the United States, has reported about 950 cases of people contracting the variants first detected in the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil.
Doctors at New Delhi s All India Institute of Medical Sciences have found that one patient is now infecting up to nine in 10 contacts, compared with up to four last year.
Concerned about the rising number of Covid-19 cases in India, former Prime Minister and senior Congress leader Dr Manmohan Singh wrote Prime Minister Narendra Modi a five-point suggestion letter to address the Covid-19 crisis.
Chandigarh: UK variant detected in 70 % samples sent by PGIMER
Chandigarh: UK variant detected in 70 % samples sent by PGIMER
The UK variant of Covid-19 has been detected in 70 per cent samples sent by Chandigarh’s Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) to NCDC.
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UPDATED: April 16, 2021 06:01 IST
The Union Territory of Chandigarh on Thursday reported 412 cases of coronavirus, taking the infection count to 32,397. (Image: PTI files)
The UK variant of Covid-19 was found in 70 percent of 60 samples sent to the National Centre for Diseases Control, the PGIMER said on Thursday.
“Seventy percent of the samples had UK variant of Covid-19 and 20 percent of the samples had 681 H mutant,” said Jagat Ram, the director of the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, in a statement here.