New Covid variant developing like a viral, symptoms like cough: Delhi Minister
Hours after Delhi's Covid-19 case count was reported to have breached the 100-mark, Health Minister Pankaj Jain said that the latest variants are slowly developing like viral fever bearing symptoms of common cold and cough. He sought to allay concerns amid a steep rise in the number of cases in recent days, saying there was no need to panic.Amid an apparent rise in new Covid-19 infections across several cities, the country has detected cases of two new variants - NB.1.8.1 and LF.7 - according to fresh data from the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (Insacog), a central government agency.advertisement"There is no reason to be afraid of Corona. All patients who have come in now show symptoms of a normal cold-cough. So there is nothing to panic, and this visible variant is slowly developing like a viral. No one needs to be afraid of this," news agency ANI quoted Jain as saying.
Earlier, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said that there was no need to panic about the surge and that the hospitals are fully prepared for any emergency."We have details of the Covid-19 cases. Our hospitals have all the facilities. We have also issued an advisory," the Chief Minister told reporters.Out of the 1,000 active cases of Novel Coronavirus in India, Kerala reported 335 fresh infections, taking its total active cases to 430, while Maharashtra and Delhi saw 153 and 99 new cases respectively. Active Covid-19 cases in Maharashtra and Delhi now stand at 209 and 104, respectively, as per government data.As of now, the World Health Organisation (WHO) classifies both LF.7 and NB.1.8 as Variants Under Monitoring, and not under Variants of Concern or Variants of Interest.Tune InMust Watch
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