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]]>We have noticed that between 25-30 per cent of new cases reported from Colombo are of the Delta variant,” Herath said.
The health officials said that about 35 cases of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, have been found in Sri Lanka so far.
Sri Lanka is fighting the third wave of coronavirus. More than 1,000 new Covid-19 infections are recorded daily, in addition to nearly 50 deaths.
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]]>Then why are TB cases increasing? Or, are TB cases in India actually on the rise? The government has said that TB case notifications in India decreased by about 25 per cent owing to “the impact of Covid-19-related restrictions” in 2020. “But special efforts are being made to mitigate this impact through intensified case finding in OPD settings as well as through active case finding campaigns in the community by all states,” the ministry said.
Like other post-covid infections, which are not new but are preying on the weakened immunity, TB can infect a person recovering from Covid as his or her immunity is weak at that time. “TB bacilli can be present in humans in a dormant state and has the potential to start multiplying when the individual’s immunity is compromised for any reason. The same is applicable in post-Covid scenario, when an individual may develop decreased immunity due to the virus itself or due to the treatment, especially immune-suppressants like steroids,” the ministry said.
The ministry also said that in 2020 only, it had recommended TB screening among Covid-19 patients as early as August 2020 and multiple such advisories have been issued.
“The dual morbidity of TB and Covid-19 can be further highlighted through the facts that both the diseases are known to be infectious and primarily attack the lungs, presenting similar symptoms of cough, fever and difficulty in breathing, although TB has a longer incubation period and a slower onset of disease,” the ministry said.
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]]>According to a PTI report, Tanvee Gupta-Jain, chief economist of UBS Securities India, said the third wave risks are real even more now as economic activity has improved sequentially for the seventh successive week to July 12, with several states gradually easing curbs on movement. The UBS report further said the pace of vaccination has also slowed down to under 3.4 million doses per day as against four million jabs earlier along with 45 per cent of the daily Covid-19 case count being reported from the rural regions of India.
In a note on Wednesday, Jain said that although the number of daily Covid-19 cases seems to have plateaued, the same still remains much above the 2021 trough and the drop in active caseload has also started to narrow down.
The report added that in more than 20 per cent of the top districts accounting for most of the daily cases and where the second wave of Covid-19 has not yet dialled down, the third wave has already set firmly in. The figure was only 5 per cent even a month before, it said.
Meanwhile, World Health Organization (WHO) director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said the Covid-19 pandemic is now in the “early stages” of the third wave. “The Delta variant is now in more than 111 countries and we expect it to soon be the dominant Covid-19 strain circulating worldwide, if it isn’t already,” an UN report quoted Ghebreyesus as saying.
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]]>“She has been tested positive and under quarantine at her home. None of the family members have tested positive so far,” said Thrissur district medical officer K J Reena. She said re-infection is nothing new, and some of the health workers have been infected twice.
The student was found to have been reinfected after she was retested as she planned to travel to Delhi. Her family said she is showing no visible symptoms and that she has also been administered the first Covid-19 vaccine dose.
The student, who has been unable to return to China as Beijing is yet to allow Indian students back into the country because of the pandemic, spent almost a month in hospital while undergoing treatment for Covid-19 in 2020. Two of her friends, who travelled with her from Wuhan, the epicentre of the pandemic in China, were also later tested positive.
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]]>On wednesday, 19th May the number of deaths recorded in India went up to 4,529. 2,67,334 new cases were recorded on this day. The total number of Covid testings done in this period were 20,08,296. This has taken the country’s cumulative tally up to 2,54,96,330 and the total deaths to 2,83,248.
The country has crossed the 4,000 death mark for the fifth time now despite the newly recorded cases being less than 3 lakhs for third consecutive day. According to the experts, people who were infected at the peaks of the second wave are battling now. They also claim that they are likely to add to the toll if they do not recover fast.
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]]>present, the structure of the hospital is ready. There are beds. Monitors are being installed and oxygen pipes are fast laying up to the beds. The work of setting up an oxygen plant is also going on.
The hospital will remain self-sufficient in terms of oxygen. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said to build a 1000-bed covid Hospital in collaboration with DRDO at the Defense Expo site in Vrindavan Colony due to Corona’s increasing infection.
Covid Hospital for Corona patients at Avadh Shilpagram
At the same time, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh has said that the DRDO will build two temporary covid hospitals of 600 beds in the capital. These were to be built at Haj House and Golden Blossom on Faizabad Road.
However, later the DRDO team dropped the Golden Blossom to focus on making Awadh Shilp Gram a covid Hospital. DRDO officials said that a 350-bed hospital will be built here in seven days.
After this, the recruitment of patients will start. After this, the work of constructing a covid Hospital at the venue of Haj House and Defense Expo will begin.
Avadh Shilpagram covid Hospital will be equipped with every facility. Here, the best team will be set up for the care of patients. There will be an environment ranging from cleanliness to medicines. There will also be a seating arrangement for the patients.
The ambulance will be available 24 hours. There will be separate toilets for patients and staff. The 60-bed covid Hospital is almost ready by the Cantonment Board Administration at the RA Bazar Inter College of the artillery. For this, the Cantt MLA gave 25 lakh rupees. Beds have been set up in the hospital and an oxygen plant is being set up.
It is expected that the hospital will be operational in the next two to four days. This hospital will be self-sufficient in terms of oxygen. Former vice-president Pramod Sharma said that the commissioner would come to inspect the hospital on Monday evening. After this it can be started.
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