Covid-19 update: Delta Plus Variant found in Faridabad
Delta Plus Variant is spreading among people. Cases are found in Punjab and Haryana.
Haryana Government has been asked by the Center to test Covid positive patients for the Delta plus variant of the virus. In ESIC Hospital, Faridabad Delta Plus variant has been found in a sample testing.
Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, in a communication to state Chief Secretary, told him to “ensure that adequate samples of positive persons are sent to the designated laboratories of INACOG, a consortium of laboratories for whole genome sequencing in the context of the Covid pandemic so that the clinical epidemiological correlations can be established.”
According to MoH&FW, both Covishield and Covaxin vaccines work against SARS-CoV-2 variants including Delta (B.1.617.2) whereas for Delta Plus (AY.1), “laboratory tests to check vaccine effect are ongoing”. “Delta Plus variant has been found very locally present in 10 states”, says the MoH&FW.
As per data released by the Union Ministry on Friday, 48 cases of Delta Plus variant have been detected from 10 states across the country, from 45,000 samples sequenced. Maximum cases have been detected in Maharashtra (20) followed by Tamil Nadu (9), Madhya Pradesh (7), Kerala (3) and two each from Punjab and Gujarat.
