Two were partially vaccinated, seven were not vaccinated, while 16 were ineligible to receive vaccine doses in the country’s national immunization programme. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said in a press conference that the vaccination status of 73 is still unknown.
Bhushan said 121 cases had foreign travel history, while 44 cases had come in contact with infected foreign travelers. Information about 18 people is not yet available. Dr Balram Bhargava, Director General, ICMR said, “The major stress delta remains in India, including the recently identified clusters. Therefore, we need to continue with the same strategy of following COVID-appropriate behavior and expediting vaccination. ,
Infections due to the Omicron variant “do not necessarily cause severe symptomatic clinical disease”. In India, about a third of all known cases were mild symptomatic and the rest were asymptomatic, he underlined.
“Therefore, I want to emphasize that the treatment for symptomatic individuals infected with Omicron remains the same. For the delta, alpha or beta version it does not change from that,” he said.
The government on Friday cautioned people against letting their guard down, especially during year-end festivities, even underlining that infections caused by Omicron do not cause severe symptomatic disease. .
Out of 358 cases of Omicron type detected so far in 17 states and Union TerritoryAccording to the data of the Union Health Ministry, 114 have been cured or migrated.
There are 244 active cases of Omicron variant in India. Maharashtra recorded the highest number of 88 cases, followed by Delhi with 67 cases. Telangana at 38, Tamil Nadu at 34, Karnataka at 31 and in Gujarat at 30. Bhushan said 26 confirmed deaths have been detected in 108 countries.
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