Increasing threat of Omicron: NITI Aayog warns – If there is an infection like Britain in India, 1.4 million cases will come daily

NITI Aayog member VK Paul has expressed concern in the country amid increasing cases of corona across the world. In a press conference, Dr Paul said that if we look at the scale of Omicron’s infection in Britain and compare it with the population of India, then it can be said that India will have 1.4 million cases daily if the infection spreads. He also said that genome sequencing of every case cannot be done.

He said that Omicron infection is being considered for the increasing case of corona, but everything is not clear about it yet. Research is going on on this and the government is keeping an eye on all the new developments. It is being said that the Omicron strain spreads only mild infections. He highlighted the pace of Omicron infections in Europe and compared it with the population of India.

Genome sequencing of every sample is not possible
Dr. Paul said that genome sequencing is being done in India at number two in the world and it is being increased continuously. He said that it would not be possible to do genome sequencing of every case. It is not a tool to identify disease, but to assess and monitor the epidemic. We can assure that adequate systematic sampling is being done at present.

More than 14 thousand cases of Omicron in Britain
On Friday, Britain registered 3,201 cases of Omicron. This is the highest number of cases found in a single day in the UK since Omicron was identified. Here the total cases of the new variant have gone up to 14,909. Britain’s Health Security Agency also said that 93,045 corona cases have been registered in the country in the last 24 hours.

For the third day in a row, the highest number of cases have been recorded here. With this, there have been a total of 1.19 crore cases of corona in the country. More than 65 thousand corona cases were reported in France on Friday. Denmark and Norway are also seeing a sharp increase in daily infections after the Omicron variant was introduced.

Cold weather will increase the infection rate
VK Paul said that although the rate of enrollment of people in Europe is very low and there is no pressure on the health infrastructure, yet the situation is dire. He further said that we should be prepared to deal with such a situation. Cold weather will also prove helpful in spreading the virus infection. Although the situation is stable now, but we should be careful.

Citing the WHO advisory, the country’s health organizations have appealed to the people not to be careless about Omicron as light, because all the facts related to Omicron have not been revealed. Research on them is going on.

113 cases of the new variant in 12 states of India
Joint Secretary, Health Ministry, Luv Agarwal said that so far 113 Omicron cases have been found in 12 states in India. 26 cases were registered on Friday. Maharashtra has the highest number of 40 cases, followed by 22 in Delhi, 17 in Rajasthan, 8-8 in Telangana and Karnataka, 7 in Gujarat, 5 in Kerala, 2 in Uttar Pradesh and 1 in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Chandigarh. -1 cases have been found.

Aggarwal said that according to the WHO, the Omicron variant is spreading faster in South Africa than the delta strain. In other words, the Omicron is proving to be more dangerous than the Delta variant. Let us inform that the first case of Omicron variant was identified in South Africa itself on 24 November.

Avoid non-essential travel
ICMR DG Balram Bhargava said that Omicron is spreading very fast in the world. People should take precautions and avoid unnecessary travel and overcrowding. He said that the states where new cases of corona are increasing, or rather the districts with more than 5% positive cases, should implement strict measures.