Corona Return in India : Corona variant BF.7 reached India, know the symptoms of this new dangerous variant Know everything you want to know
Corona: Omicron’s subvariant BF.7 which has once again put the whole world on alert mode. The Omicron sub-variant of Corona is wreaking havoc in China. On the other hand, Health Secretary Rajiv Bhushan has written a letter to NCDC and ICMR on Tuesday regarding this. The government has said that genome sequencing is necessary to identify the new variant of Kovid. The Health Secretary has also instructed all the states that all states should pay attention to the genome sequencing of the corona sample. Actually, the condition of Corona in China is very bad. Epidemiologists say that in the next 90 days, 60 percent of the population in China will be in the grip of Corona. Along with this, it was also said that due to the rapidly spreading infection, lakhs of people may die. In some videos surfaced from China, a pile of dead bodies was seen in the mortuary of the hospital.
Corona, which caused havoc in the whole world including China, has returned once again. Once again the situation in China seems to be out of control. A worrying news has also come to the fore in India. Actually, Omicron’s subvariant BF.7 is being held responsible once again for the deteriorating condition of Corona in China. At the same time, now three cases of Omicron’s subvariant BF.7 have also been found in India. After which the Central Government and the Ministry of Health have become alert.
According to information, the first case of BF.7 in India was detected by the Gujarat Biotechnology Research Center in October. He said that so far two cases have been reported from Gujarat while one case has been reported from Odisha.
In view of increasing corona cases in the world, a Covid review meeting was also held on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya. During the meeting, the experts said that though there is no major increase in the number of COVID cases so far, there is a need for continuous surveillance to keep track of existing and emerging sub-variants.
BF.7 variant is responsible for Corona cases
Significantly, cases of Omicron’s sub-variant BF.7 are currently increasing rapidly in many cities of China. Most of its cases are coming up in Beijing. The high transmissibility of BF.7 in China may also be attributed to the low level of immunity in the Chinese population from previous infection and possibly to vaccination. Cases of this sub-variant have already been detected in several other countries, including the US, UK and European countries such as Belgium, Germany, France and Denmark.
How dangerous is Omicron’s sub-variant BF.7
The Omicron variant of the corona virus and its many sub-variants had created havoc worldwide and now the sub-variant of Omicron BF.7 (BF.7) is rapidly engulfing people in China. Experts say that the infection rate of BF.7 is much higher than other variants of Omicron. After getting infected with BF.7, the time to show symptoms ie incubation period is less. It can also easily infect people who have taken the vaccine. Apart from this, the immunity generated after infection with the old variant can also be easily broken. Experts say that a patient infected with BF.7 can infect 10 to 18 people.
How dangerous is BF.7 variant for India
Regarding how dangerous the new variant BF.7 (Covid-19 New Variant BF.7) of Kovid-19 is for India, experts say that the danger is not much, but still there is a need to remain alert. Dr. NK Arora, senior member of the Anti Task Force and head of the Kovid vaccination campaign, told that India need not be worried about the situation in China, because such a situation will not happen here. However, with this he said that there is a need to remain alert. Vaccination has been done on a large scale in India and due to this most of the people have immunity to fight the infection.
able to avoid immune
Li Tongzheng, a medical expert at Beijing’s Xiaotangshan Hospital, has told the Global Times that this variant also has a high ability to escape from the immune system. When all these variants of corona attack, the body’s immune system is not able to stop it from spreading in the body. The medical expert told that since the infection period of BF.7 is very short, that is, it infects any person in a very short time and its infection rate is also fast, so the cases of corona in China are suddenly increasing rapidly. Huh.
R factor too high
Li Tongzheng told that in Delta variant where R factor is around 5 to 6, while in Omicron BF.7 the R factor is more than 10. R factor means how many more people a person can infect. Where this number is 5 to 6 in delta variant. Whereas in Omicron’s BF.7 this number is 10 to 18.
What are the characteristics of the new variant?
Health experts say that the sub-variants of Kovid 19’s Omicron BA.5.2 and BF.7 are spreading rapidly. Health experts are not considering it very dangerous, but are advising to be cautious. According to the doctor, patients infected with these variants are seeing symptoms like throat infection, body pain, mild or very high fever. Hyosmia is included in this list this time, which means ‘change in the sense of smell’. According to the latest data, this new symptom is now the 10th most common symptom of the virus. Sore throat is the most commonly reported symptom at this time, followed by runny nose, nasal congestion, sneezing, dry cough, headache, cough with mucus, hoarse voice, muscle aches and pains.
Protect yourself with these home remedies
In view of the increasing danger of corona, we should not forget to wear a mask at all. If you are going out of the house, then definitely wear a mask. Apart from this, the home remedy to prevent corona is that you must pay attention to your diet. You must include onion, garlic and lemon in your diet. These anti viral things will protect your immunity system. Along with following hygiene, increase the amount of Vitamin C and Zinc in your diet. Keep yourself hydrated. Apart from this, after touching anything, wash your hands properly.
