New Delhi: The situation is worsening due to the new variant BF.7 of Covid-19 in China. Hundreds of people are getting infected daily and death toll is also increasing.
Amid the deteriorating situation in China, India has also become alert and has already started taking all the measures to avoid any dangerous situation, so that Covid can be prevented from spreading in the country.
The situation in India is still under control. Now the question arises why the impact of the BF.7 variant of Omicron on India is not as serious as China?
BF.7 is a sub-variant of Omicron, as Omicron is a variant of Corona, which caused havoc in India during the third wave. BF.7 is the only sub-variant that is wreaking havoc in China at this time.
During the last three months, four cases of this variant have also been reported in India. Given the current Covid situation in India, there is no need to panic at the moment.
Dr Rakesh Mishra, director of the Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, has tried to allay the emerging fears among the people about this variant.
He said that this variant may not be as dangerous for India as it is for China. Dr Mishra has explained two reasons on the basis of which it can be assumed that the BF.7 variant in India will not cause a serious situation, provided we do not relax.
India has already gone through the omicron wave
China did not face the severe waves of Covid due to its strict ‘Zero Covid Policy’, which India has done. India has suffered three waves during the Corona epidemic. This is the reason why people in India have now become immune.
The Omicron variant of Corona had hit many people in January 2022, due to which natural immunity against it has now been developed in people. Dr Mishra explained that most people in India have gone through the omicron wave, so we don’t have to worry about it.
India’s vaccination coverage higher than China’s
The impact of the BF.7 variant of Omicron on India will not be as severe as China because its corona vaccination coverage is much higher than China. A large number of people in India are corona vaccinated. Since the start of the vaccination drive in January 2021, India has administered more than 220 crore vaccine doses to the people so far.
98 per cent of adults in the country have received at least one dose of the vaccine, while more than 90 per cent of adults are fully vaccinated. China’s vaccination coverage has been low, especially among the elderly population. This is the reason why China’s elderly population is getting more infected and dominant than the young.