The Union Health Ministry had called an urgent meeting of its Joint Monitoring Group on Monday to discuss the emergence of a mutated variant of the coronavirus in the UK.
The Union government is fully alert and there is no need to panic, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said on Monday, speaking about the emergence of a mutated variant of the coronavirus in the UK, which it has led to an increase in the infection rate there. . The Union Health Ministry had called an urgent meeting of its Joint Monitoring Group on Monday to discuss the new strain.
Several European countries have banned flights from the UK when the British government warned that the powerful new strain of the virus was “out of control” and imposed a new strict stay-at-home blockade from Sunday. The WHO Representative in India, Dr. Roderico H Ofrin, who is also a member of JMG, also participated in the meeting.
An increase in the infection rate caused by the new variant of the coronavirus has led to millions of people entering a new strict stay-at-home lockdown in the UK starting Sunday, with non-essential shops and businesses now closed.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the new rules at a briefing at 10 Downing Street on Saturday night, meaning a five-day Christmas bubble of relaxed rules was canceled in favor of a new level 4 for the current three level lock. system to try to control the increase in infections caused by the new mutation of the deadly virus.
“It appears that the spread is now being driven by the new variant of the virus,” Johnson said.
We have alerted the World Health Organization and continue to analyze available data to improve our understanding, said Professor Chris Whitty, England’s chief medical officer.
There is no current evidence to suggest that the new strain causes a higher death rate or affects vaccines and treatments, although work is urgently underway to confirm this, he said.
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