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70% Omicron cases in India are asymptomatic: Govt
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70% Omicron cases in India are asymptomatic: Centre

Name: 70% Omicron cases in India are asymptomatic: Centre
Uploaded: 2021-12-25T08:09:03.000+05:30
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Channel: Editorji News Desk
Description: The Centre has said that an analysis of 183 of the 358 known Omicron variant Covid-19 cases in India found that 70% of the infected are asymptomatic. The health ministry officials also noted that a little over 90% of the cases...

The health ministry officials also noted that a little over 90% of the cases for whom vaccination status was known had taken a full course of their shots, and 61% of the cases were in men

Updated: Sep 02, 2022 10:53

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70% Omicron cases in India are asymptomatic: Centre

The Centre has said that an analysis of 183 of the 358 known Omicron variant Covid-19 cases in India found that 70% of the infected are asymptomatic.

Sharing the results of the analysis Friday, the Centre emphasised that “vaccine alone is not sufficient to contain the pandemic” and reminded that the use of masks and surveillance is key to breaking the chain of transmission.

The analysis, released by Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, showed 27 per cent of the cases did not have a history of foreign travel — indicating the presence of Omicron in the community.

The government has not identified any community transmission case of Omicron variant infection yet, although the government has begun efforts to send more random samples for genome sequencing, which determines the variant.

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