Omicron+Delta: Just a few days ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that a new virus has emerged together with Delta and Omicron, which can cause havoc worldwide. However, there are fewer cases coming every day in India. But the neighboring country China is continuously increasing the cases.
In view of the increasing case of coronavirus infection, China on Friday imposed a lockdown in its northeastern city of Changchun with a population of 9 million. China has taken this step in view of the increasing case of COVID-19 in Changchun city and surrounding area. No one will come out of the house in lockdown. Along with this, he will have to get tested three times every day. Shops and businesses with non-essential items have been closed and traffic services have also been suspended.
What is WHO’s warning?
A wave of coronavirus infection does not end when a new mutation emerges. Now a new study by the World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that a new mutation of the coronavirus can cause havoc. This new variant is made up of Delta and Omicron. The WHO said that there was already apprehension about this new combination virus because both of them were spreading very fast.
This study on the new virus has been done by the Pasteur Institute, a French institution. In this, concrete evidence has been found about viruses combining Delta and Omicron. According to the study, the new combination virus has been detected in many areas of France. This new virus has been spreading since January 2022.
Where is the new virus spreading?
The study also said that viruses of the same genome and profile have also been found in Denmark and the Netherlands. The study said that there is still a need to investigate and analyze in this case whether all these new combination viruses are derived from the same mutation, or there have been many cases of such recombination.
Maria van Kirkhove, who leads the COVID technical team at the WHO, said in a tweet that this was to be expected, especially considering that both these variants were spreading very fast. He said that WHO is keeping an eye on this matter and study is going on in this regard.
Is Delta at risk again?
However, when initially people feared a combined variant of Delta and Omicron variants and called it Deltachron, WHO said that there is no such thing as a Delta and Omicron combination. “Actually we think it is a result of containment, which happened during the sequencing process,” Maria had said.
However, Maria later clarified that a person can be infected with two different variants at the same time.
What is the condition of India?
There is a steady decline in the number of new corona infected patients in the country. In the last 24 hours, 2,503 new cases of Covid-19 infection have been reported. According to the Union Health Ministry, the total number of corona infected patients in the country has increased to 4,29,93,494 and a total of 5,15,877 patients have died so far. At the same time, 4,377 corona-infected patients have been cured of corona in the last 24 hours in the country. A total of 4,24,41,449 patients have been cured so far. At the same time, the number of active cases is 36,168 and the daily positivity rate has increased to 0.47 percent.
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