Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya told the public on Thursday that they should not panic about Covid-19, but be alert and follow the instructions issued by the government from time to time.
He further said that Covid-19 variants will keep coming but the important thing is which variant will react and people should believe only information shared by government sources to avoid any kind of panic in the country.
The Health Minister said that the government is alert and is making full preparations
Meanwhile, eleven types of COVID-19 omicron sub-variants were detected during testing of international passengers at airports and seaports in India between December 24 and January 3.
A total of 19,227 samples of international passengers were tested, out of which 124 were found positive and have been put under isolation, sources said.
According to official sources, “Out of 124 positive samples, genome sequencing results of 40 were received, with XBB.1 detected in a maximum of 14 samples, including XBB.1BF 7.4.1 was found in one sample.”
Other variants reported after sampling these international travelers are BA.5.2, BQ.1.1, BQ. 1.1(22), BQ.1.1.5, CH.1.1, CH.1.1.1, BB.3, BN.1.2, BN1.3, BY1 and BF.
Sources further added that all these variants are already present in the country.
India witnessed a marginal increase in COVID infections on Thursday as it saw 188 new cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW).
175 new cases were registered in the country on Wednesday
India’s active case load currently stands at 2,554 with an active case rate of 0.01 per cent.
The country’s recovery rate also stood at 98.8 per cent as it witnessed 201 recoveries in the last 24 hours, taking the total recoveries to 4,41,46,055.
The health ministry further said that the country’s daily positivity rate and weekly positivity rate are 0.10 and 0.12 per cent respectively.
Under the nationwide vaccination drive against COVID-19, the health ministry said that a total of 220.12 crore vaccine doses (95.13 crore second dose and 22.42 crore precautionary doses) have been administered so far, of which 61,828 doses were given in the last 24 months.
It also said that a total of 1,93,051 Covid tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, with which the number of Covid tests conducted in the country rose to 91.15 crore.
As there have been reports of increase in Covid cases in some countries, the operational readiness of health facilities in all States and Union Territories is being reviewed in case of another wave.
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