Health minister Dr Sudhakar allays fears over Delta Plus variant  


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Bengaluru, Jun 25: Health and family welfare minister, Dr K Sudhakar has sought to allay fears of the people about the dangers of the Delta Plus variant of the Covid pandemic.

Speaking to media in Bengaluru on Friday, barely two cases of Delta Plus variant have been detected in the State with one in Bengaluru and the other in Mysuru.

Both the cases in Bengaluru and Mysuru had mild symptoms and the Mysuru patient has completely recovered. However, there was no severity in both the cases, he said.

Dr Sudhakar clarified that primary contacts of these cases have tested negative. Therefore, there is no need to panic about this virus. Genome sequencing is being done every day to detect new strains.

He mentioned that there is a surge in cases in Kerala. The positivity rate is more than 10% there. We need to be cautious as we share a border with this State. The same is the case with Maharashtra. We need to conduct more tests in border areas.

"We have instructed the district administrations to conduct more tests in border areas,’’ said Dr Sudhakar.

However, he said it is not appropriate to close the borders but need to be more careful.

"We need to be cautious at bus and railway stations. Six genome sequencing labs are being set up at Bengaluru, Mysuru, Shivamogga, Hubballi, Mangaluru and Vijayapura. There is some difference in the treatment protocol for Delta and Delta Plus variants. All these will be discussed with experts in the meeting with the chief minister,’’ he said.

500 oxygen concentrators handed over

Dr Sudhakar attended the handing over of 500 oxygen concentrators and 10,000 concentrator tubes by Sneha Charitable Trust to the state government.

The Trust has assured help of Rs 28 crore for Covid control measures. It has also set up a hospital for care of post-Covid patients, he said expressing gratitude for this gesture by the Trust.

 

 

 

 

  

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai

    Sat, Jun 26 2021

    As they have prematurely opened public places & transportation; public getting complacent, third wave of Delta variant is imminent! In Maharashtra all places where crowds gather are strictly closed to curb spread of infection! Seeing the large, care free, crowds in the markets & public transportation in Bangalore after relaxing lockdown there are chances of another flareup!

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  • k b r, Mangala Uru

    Sat, Jun 26 2021

    this variant is Made in India variant and very friendly to Indians... it may create havoc outside India...

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  • Rajesh, Udupi

    Sat, Jun 26 2021

    These people thrive on common man's fear. Big scam.

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mumbai

    Sat, Jun 26 2021

    Nobody can defeat a virus, influenza, as it will keep mutating & earlier vaccines will become ineffective; it's an unending process! We have already seen that gullible public have been fooled as none of the medications seem to be effective against the virus; the pharmaceutical lobby & blackmarteers minted billions on the recommendations of the so called experts & also many people got killed due to the side effects of these experimental medications, who is responsible for this blunder? Also RTPCR test is not reliable, but still it's being carried out en masse! There are reports of many people contracting the infection post vaccination!

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  • Lokesh, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    There will be many names of viruses coming up, Delta , ulta, palta, tholta, so you mean to say stay home stay safe forever? Come on, it’s gone too much, stop this nonsense and end it here. We have been living with billions of viruses, it’s foolishness to name them. Name them with political people names now eg. Nitish Virus, yogi virus

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  • John, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Bill Gates, WHO, Antony Fraudci are fooling everyone including health officials? to push their billion dollor vaccine business ? or Are we also blindly following? Recent following quote from part of a report on Elites, Communist chinese, WHO's evil cover up agenda at newstarget... "This whole “Delta Variant” narrative is to cover up deaths and injuries caused by the vaccines, and next comes the fake PCR Delta Variant Test, to see if you “got it.” Get it? It’s all a scam."... Details at https://www.newstarget.com/2021-06-24-covid-delta-variant-is-just-vaccine-injury.html

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  • John, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Covid 19, Bill Gates and WHO....Bill Gates tremendous clout over WHO, Dictatorship clause of Director General of WHO (Bill Gates and communist china sponsored / chosen man) in the name of International health security regulations binding on member states in WHO's constitution, Insider talks about it (about 35 min video conference with international lawyers) at following link... https://www.pandemic.news/2021-03-04-who-insider-exposes-gavi-gates-perpetrating-plandemic.html

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  • sense_shetty, Mangalore Kudla

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Are the testing kits upgraded to include the delta plus variants .What is your strategy to tackle 3rd wave if it breaks .. Wee dont want you to say "Lockdown" ..How can you intelligently handle it with out impacting the poor peoples income and livelihood .Have you given it a thought as the Health Minister .. I do appreciate the Urban health center doctors and staff ,who have done a great job w.r.t testing and vaccination etc.

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  • Dev, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Namkaran or renaming viruses which never asked for the same! There are 1,20.000 viruses according to scientists and people lived with them from thousands of years without fearing them or hiding from them without any medicines or vaccines. The God given immunity hasn't let them down till today, now if anybody thinks otherwise he isn't telling you the truth. Change your lifestyle and eat healthy only can help one fight against all of them.

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  • G R PRABHUJI, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Till 2023 Assembly election, they pass the time with Corona virus.

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  • Ajay Rebello, Kallianpur

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Statements must be backed by evidence and since you are not mass testing your simply doing publicity.

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