• To quell feasible panic, an professional stated that a Covid-19 vaccine could be ‘nicely powerful‘ towards the brand new lines of the coronavirus
  • At present, there’s additionally ‘no proof‘ to indicate that the brand new variation is much more likely to reason excessive ailment or mortality

The new and greater contagious coronavirus variation mentioned withinside the United Kingdom that is “spreading and developing rapidly” there has caused panic throughout the world, along with India.

However, professionals have reportedly stated notwithstanding the mutation, a Covid-19 vaccine could be similarly powerful towards it as there has been no motive to accept as true with that vaccines which have already been advanced could now no longer be powerful towards the brand new pressure as nicely.

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) DG Shekhar Mande has reportedly stated even as the brand new virus pressure is 70% greater transmissible, it “does now no longer imply it’s miles greater deadly and greater human beings are going to die from it.”

To quell feasible panic, the CSIR DG stated even as there will be variations in sure elements of the like that of anti-our bodies in each the cases, however a Covid-19 vaccine could be “nicely powerful” towards the brand new lines of the coronavirus.

When requested if the brand new UK virus pressure is any deadlier, Indian-American health practitioner Vivek Murthy, US President-go with Joe Biden’s select out for Surgeon General, has additionally stated, “While it appears to be greater transmissible, we do now no longer have proof but that that is a greater lethal virus to an character who acquires it.”

On diagnosing new coronavirus pressure

The new variation of SARS-CoV-2 can reportedly be identified with the RT-PCR test. However, it wishes to be visible if it may be similarly powerful for the Rapid Antigen tests.

At present, there’s “no proof” to indicate that the brand new variation is much more likely to reason excessive ailment or mortality.

On postponing India-UK flights

On postponing flights from and to the United Kingdom till 31 December amid worries approximately a brand new variation of SARS-CoV-2, Union fitness secretary Rajesh Bhushan told Hindustan Times, “It is only a precautionary measure. This pressure has now no longer been discovered in India.”

In a bid to dam the brand new variation of the coronavirus from spreading, India has introduced that each one the flights from the United Kingdom could be suspended from these days night time until 31 December. And all of the passengers arriving withinside the u . s . until 11:fifty nine pm these days will ought to get themselves examined.

Dr Samiran Panda, head, epidemiology and communicable diseases, Indian Council of Medical Research, additionally told HT, “We have now no longer discovered something associated with the United Kingdom pressure up to now in any of our samples. Be it in our laboratory in National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune or some other laboratories throughout the u . s . doing genome sequencing, there’s no proof of this mutation in our samples.”

As in line with reports, Indian establishments have sequenced greater than 4,000 genomes of Covid-19 and submitted them to the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data (GISAID).

“It is an ongoing method that commenced a few 8 months ago. The method is if there’s any new mutation discovered withinside the virus then it’s miles in comparison with beyond mutations to parent out the change. So far, there have simplest been minor mutations visible withinside the virus which isn’t of a great deal consequence, and no one has diagnosed something of this precise UK pressure,” Dr Samiran Panda added.

Meanwhile, 5 out of 266 passengers and group contributors of a London to Delhi flight have examined fine for coronavirus on Tuesday.

“Five out of 266 passengers and group contributors of a flight which arrived at Delhi airport from London closing night time have examined fine for COVID-19. Their samples were despatched to NCDC for studies and that they were despatched to the care centre,” a Nodal officer for Covid-19 has stated.