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Scary data from Punjab amid growing corona, UK strain in 81% of cases
Worrying figures have also emerged from Punjab among the cases of the fast-growing coronavirus in many parts of the country. Punjab CM Amarinder Singh…
Worrying figures have also emerged from Punjab among the cases of fast-growing coronavirus in many parts of the country. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on Tuesday that 401 samples of the coronavirus had been sent for ‘genome sequencing’, of which 81% confirmed the strain of the virus in Britain.
Expressing concern over the status of the COVID-19 pandemic, Amarinder Singh requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to extend the vaccination coverage to people under 60 years of age. Singh said that it is necessary to vaccinate as many people as possible to break the chain of infection.
However, the government announced on Tuesday that from April 1, all the people above 45 years of age will be able to get COVID-19 vaccine in the country.
Let us know that in the current phase of vaccination campaign, only those suffering from serious diseases above 45 years of age can get vaccinated.
More than 5 crore doses of the vaccine have been given to the people under the COVID-19 vaccination campaign started from January 16 in the country.
How severe is the UK strain of coronavirus?
According to the English newspaper The Indian Express, when asked how serious the UK strain of corona virus is, KK Talwar, head doctor of Punjab’s COVID Expert Committee, said, “It is contagious and the rate of infection is much higher than the original virus.” Is more. There is not much difference in variants but the UK strain spreads more quickly and it also affects the youth.
83.27% of new cases of death due to COVID-19 from 6 states
According to the latest data from the Union Health Ministry, 47262 confirmed cases of corona virus have been reported in India in 24 hours, while 275 people have died due to this.
In the new confirmed cases, 77.44 percent cases have been reported from Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat. 83.27 per cent of the new cases of death are from 6 states (Maharashtra, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka).