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Key points
- India revealed on February 23 that two new strains of the deadly Covid-19 virus had been detected in the country.
- The CDC has reportedly predicted that the highly contagious B.1.1.7 variant found in the UK could soon become the dominant strain in the US in March.
Washington: It has been more than a year since the Covid-19 virus wreaked havoc on the lives of more than 7.2 billion people around the world.
Now, while scientifically equipped countries have achieved device cures for the deadly infection, mutated strains of the virus pose a greater threat to efforts to emerge from the pandemic, warned Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control. US Diseases and Prevention (CDC).
Walensky warned that the United States risks losing the momentum of its recent progress in this fight against the Covid-19 pandemic if the appropriate corrective measures are not taken on the warpath.
“Please listen to me clearly: at this level of cases, with the expansion of variants, we may completely lose our hard-won ground. These variants are a very real threat to our people and our progress, ”Walensky said, according to a BBC report.
Currently, there are several deadly variants of Covid-19 circulating around the world, and health experts are concerned about the lethality of the strains, including those detected in the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil.
The CDC has reportedly predicted that the highly contagious B.1.1.7 variant found in the UK could soon become the dominant strain in the US in March.
“I am really concerned about reports that more states are rolling back the exact public health measures that we have recommended to protect people from Covid-19,” Walensky said Monday.
India revealed on February 23 that two new strains of the deadly Covid-19 virus had been detected in the country.
“There is talk of two variants: the N440K variant and the E484K variant. Yes, these variants are in Maharashtra, Kerala and Telangana, ”said NITI Aayog Member (Health) Dr. VK Paul last month.
Meanwhile, the central government of India has priced vaccines at Rs 250 for a dose of the jab for people over 60 years old and those over 45 years old with comorbidities in private hospitals in the second phase of vaccinations that began in May. March 1st. .
