Amid a rise in Covid cases in several countries, including the US and South Korea, an expert on Friday said India should be prepared for another wave of Covid. Covid infections are rising in 25 states in the US. Covid cases are also rising in South Korea.
908 new cases of Kovid-19 were reported in India
According to the World Health Organisation, there were 908 new cases of Covid-19 and two deaths in India between June and July this year. Virologist Professor Deepak Sehgal of Shiv Nadar University, Noida, said, the virus has definitely re-emerged. The recent outbreak of Covid is caused by the KP variant – which is related to the Omicron variant.
There are 279 active cases of corona in India
Although the situation in India is not serious, we have to be fully prepared for it. In India, KP.2 was first detected in Odisha in December 2023. Meanwhile, many states of India are witnessing an increase in Covid cases. There are 279 active cases of corona in India. Earlier, lakhs of people had died in two waves of corona.
Africa’s Mpox outbreak could end in six months: WHO
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus believes that the MVX outbreak in Africa can be stopped in the next six months. He said on Friday that the first batch of vaccines will reach Congo in a few days. Congo has the worst outbreak of MVX.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “We believe that we can stop the outbreak of Mpox in the next six months. Mpox infections have been increasing rapidly in the last few weeks, but there have been relatively few deaths.” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also said that patients have been identified in Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, Sweden and Thailand.
ampox infectious viral disease
It is worth noting that after the outbreak of this virus in Congo, the WHO has again declared the situation of Ampox as a global public health emergency this month. Earlier in July 2022, Ampox was declared a global health emergency. Ampox is an infectious viral disease. Its symptoms include rashes, blisters, fever, body pain.