- In 32 newly infected district
- met in 27 cities
- 104 Active Cases
Nagpur, The fear of the third wave of Corona is being expressed by the government and administration for several days. In the district including the city, for the last 4 days, the number of new infected is increasing rapidly every day. In view of this, it seems that once again this epidemic should not engulf the city. On Sunday, 32 new corona positive patients have been found in the district. Of these, 27 are from the city itself.
At the same time, 2 from rural parts of the district and 3 from outside the district are included. Let us inform that a day earlier on Saturday, 24 new positives were found in the district, out of which 21 were from the city. Including the positives found on Sunday, the total active cases in the city has gone up to 104, which are being treated in various hospitals of the district. Of this, 88 are from the city and 11 are from the rural parts. 5 infected are from outside the district.
5 positives from Dubai
The health department’s concern has increased due to the positive corona report of 5 passengers who came from Dubai on Sunday. RT-PCR test of passengers coming from Dubai flight was done at the airport in which 5 reports have come positive. All five have been admitted to AIIMS. The test samples will be sent for genome sequencing on December 27. Only then will it be known whether they are suffering from the new variant Omicron.
This information was given by Municipal Health Officer Dr. Sanjay Chilkar. At present, only 2 passengers have been found suffering from Omicron in the city so far, but they have also returned to their homes after getting healthy. Despite this, in view of its danger, the administration in the entire district including the city has come on alert mode. People are being appealed not to crowd. The lockdown has been implemented.
That’s how the first and second wave grew
Let us tell you that the first and second wave of corona also started increasing slowly at first and after that it had come so fast that all the preparations made to handle the situation were also lacking. People were short of many types of medicines including beds, oxygen, remdesivir in hospitals. Many victims died in ambulances and homes due to non-availability of beds. According to experts, the third wave can be even more frightening than the last two, so citizens need to take it seriously.
Almost everyone has given up on applying masks, using sanitizers and following the rules of social distancing, which can be dangerous. District Magistrate Vimala R., Divisional Commissioner Prajakta Lavangare, Municipal Commissioner Radhakrishnan B. Constantly holding meetings due to the possibility of third wave coming. Instructing the machines to be ready.
children at greater risk
Experts are constantly warning that the havoc of the third wave will only wreak more havoc on the children. There is no vaccine for children below 18 years of age across the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced to start it from January 3, but even before that the number of corona infected in the city is increasing day by day. Although till now the case of children getting infected has not come to the fore, but it is being said that only children have not been vaccinated.
Therefore, they will be most at risk of Thirdwave. The Omicron variant is said to be less dangerous in some reports and more dangerous in some reports. There is still confusion about its consequences. Therefore, it is better that all citizens start following the protocol of COVID again. Save yourself and also save your children from falling prey to this pandemic.