COVID-19 | Three states report cases of the Delta plus variant
Niti Aayog Member VK Paul had previously announced that a new mutation has been detected called Delta more variant and that since 2021 from March in Europe.
Cases of coronavirus delta plus or “AY.1” have been reported in three states so far – Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala.
21 Delta Plus variant cases were found in Maharashtra so far, the Minister of State Health Rajesh Tope said on June 21st.
The greatest number of cases – nine – have been reported in Ratnagiri, followed by seven to Jalgaon, two in Mumbai and a box each in the districts of Palghar, Thae and Sindhudug, Tope told reporters.
Madhya Pradesh’s Health Minister Prabhuram Choudhary said the state detected the Delta Plus variant in five CVIV-19 cases.
“So far, five cases of delta plus the variant (of COVID-19) have been reported to Madhya Pradesh. Four out of five people who have obtained the vaccine are healthy. We died,” said Choudrn Ani.
In Kerala, the variant was detected in samples collected in two Kerala districts – Palakkad and Pathanamthitta told PTI.
Pathanamthitta Dr Narasimhugari District Collector TL Reddy said that a four-year-old boy from Kadapra Panchayat in the district was found infected with the new delta-plus variant.
Niti Aayog Member stated that the Delta Plus variant has not been classified as a variant concern. He stated that the variant was observed for the first time in Europe in March.
“The current status is that yes, a new variant has been found. This is now a variant of interest (VOI), not yet classified a variant concern (VOC). VOC is one in which we understood that it There is well understood are harmful consequences for humanity, which could be due to increased transmissibility or virulence. We do not know this question on the delta plus the variant, “he said.
The Delta Plus variant comes from line B.1.617. The World Health Organization soon this year ranked B.1.617.2 (Delta) as a variant concern.
