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BHOPAL: Doctors treating Covid-19 cases in Indore say a more virulent strain may be wreaking havoc on the city, which has become the hot spot for coronavirus in Madhya Pradesh.
They say the samples from Indore, where Covid-19 has killed 57 people, will be sent to the Pune-based National Institute of Virology (NIV) to confirm their fears that the strain is more deadly than in other parts of the country.
“We feel that the strain is definitely more virulent in the Indore belt. We have discussed this with the NIV and will send samples for comparison by extraction of the virus genome, Government Dean Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) Medical College Jyoti Bindal told PTI.
“There are also other factors also for the high mortality rate, such as patients arriving late to hospitals,” he said. “In the Indore belt, the test is limited to detecting coronaviruses only, and not their type,” said another doctor.
Jitendra Bhargava, director of the state government-run School of Excellence in Lung Medicine, also shared Bindals’ concern, saying the high death rate in Indore needs to be investigated by viral culture and RNA extraction.
It is also true that the death rate is high in patients with comorbidities (presence of additional conditions along with the primary condition) such as heart and kidney problems or diabetes and hypertension in addition to other conditions that compromise immunity, he said.
“The new coronavirus presents a great challenge due to the multiple strains. This will make the development of a universal vaccine much more difficult,” he said.
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They say the samples from Indore, where Covid-19 has killed 57 people, will be sent to the Pune-based National Institute of Virology (NIV) to confirm their fears that the strain is more deadly than in other parts of the country.
“We feel that the strain is definitely more virulent in the Indore belt. We have discussed this with the NIV and will send samples for comparison by extraction of the virus genome, Government Dean Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) Medical College Jyoti Bindal told PTI.
“There are also other factors also for the high mortality rate, such as patients arriving late to hospitals,” he said. “In the Indore belt, the test is limited to detecting coronaviruses only, and not their type,” said another doctor.
Jitendra Bhargava, director of the state government-run School of Excellence in Lung Medicine, also shared Bindals’ concern, saying the high death rate in Indore needs to be investigated by viral culture and RNA extraction.
It is also true that the death rate is high in patients with comorbidities (presence of additional conditions along with the primary condition) such as heart and kidney problems or diabetes and hypertension in addition to other conditions that compromise immunity, he said.
“The new coronavirus presents a great challenge due to the multiple strains. This will make the development of a universal vaccine much more difficult,” he said.
