Friday, March 29, 2024

‘No reason to believe Delta plus would cause Third Wave’





The head of the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Dr Anurag Agarwal has mentioned that presently there is no evidence to suggest that the Delta plus variant of Covid-19 will cause the third wave of infection in India 

“I certainly do not see any reason right now for people to panic regarding Delta Plus being significantly worse than Delta or creating a major third wave…There is absolutely no evidence for that,” he said while talking to a news channel 

Dr Agarwal added that the Delta plus strain was detected in less than 1% of over 3,500 samples from Maharashtra that his institute sequenced in June. However, he emphasised that the strain was still a “variant of concern”.

However, he has cautioned against lax behaviour and lowering of the guard as the second wave shows signs of subsiding in India.  Agarwal told the news channel that the country should be concerned about the continuing second wave of the pandemic, before worrying about the third.

Meanwhile, the Centre has issued notices to Maharashtra, Kerala, and Madhya Pradesh regarding the Delta Plus variant after it was found in some districts of these states.

 

 

 

Maha Vikas Aghadi, Siddhi Vinayak Temple Trust, Shiv Sena, Shirdi Sai Baba Temple Trust, Vittal Rukhamai Temple Trust, Congress, NCP, Ashutosh Kale, Adesh Bhandekar, Praniti Shinde, CIDCO

Rs 350 cr revenue-earner Shirdi Temple trust goes to NCP

https://www.newsbred.com/article/rs-350-cr-revenue-earner-shirdi-temple-trust-goes-to-ncp

 

The Maha Vikas Aghadi govt on Wednesday allocated the three prominent temple trust postings among themselves, the three alliance partners. 

The Siddhi Vinayak Temple Trust, Mumbai chairman post has been given to Shiv Sena while Shirdi Sai Baba Temple Trust chairman has given to NCP and Congress will get Vittal Rukhamai Temple Trust, Pandharpur chairman post and other three alliance partners will share the respective trust members.

 

“I certainly do not see any reason right now for people to panic regarding Delta Plus being significantly worse than Delta or creating a major third wave…There is absolutely no evidence for that,” he said while talking to a news channel 

Dr Agarwal added that the Delta plus strain was detected in less than 1% of over 3,500 samples from Maharashtra that his institute sequenced in June. However, he emphasised that the strain was still a “variant of concern”.

However, he has cautioned against lax behaviour and lowering of the guard as the second wave shows signs of subsiding in India.  Agarwal told the news channel that the country should be concerned about the continuing second wave of the pandemic, before worrying about the third.

Meanwhile, the Centre has issued notices to Maharashtra, Kerala, and Madhya Pradesh regarding the Delta Plus variant after it was found in some districts of these states.


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