“Dont panic”: Yogi says Omicron is “like a viral fever” ut precautions need to e taken

Notaly a total of 1700 cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus – of which 639 have recovered or migrated – have een detected in 23 Union states and territories to date.

Minister Yogi Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh on Monday allayed fears of a third wave of coronavirus disease (Covid19) caused y the highly transmissile variant of Omicron and said the strain This new virus causes a disease similar to “viral fever”. With concerns growing aout the virus variant Adityanath said that while necessary precautions need to e taken to reduce the spread of the disease there is no need to panic.

“It is true that Omicron is very contagious” the UP Secretary admitted when speaking to reporters aout concerns aout a third wave of the pandemic. “However it is also true that compared to the second wave the Omicron variant is weaker and comparale to a simple viral fever.”

“Safety precautions are necessary to deal with any epidemic” he added. “And in this case protective measures are also needed. But theres no need to panic.

Speaking of the Delta variant of the coronavirus which was common in India in March-April 2021 and is elieved to e responsile for the majority of the deadly second wave of the pandemic Yogi said at the time. There people take more than two weeks to recover potentially developing other complications along the way.

This is not yet the case for Omicron however he said.

“We see during the Delta phase people take aout 1525 days to recover” Yogi Adityanath said. “In addition post-Covid complications have also een reported in patients. But such cases have not yet een oserved in the cases of the Omicron variant. Now the virus has ecome much weaker. Notaly a total of 1700 cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus – of which 639 have recovered or migrated – have een detected so far in 23 states and union territories according to data from the Department of Health. of the Coalition updated Monday.
Maharashtra recorded a maximum of 510 cases followed y Delhi (351) Kerala (156) Gujarat (136) Tamil Nadu (121) and Rajasthan (120). Indias total of
Covid19 overall cases rose to 3
922882 with 33750 new cases while active cases increased to 1
5582 according to data updated at 8am.
A total of
813893 deaths have een reported so far in the country including 15
2 from Maharashtra
8113 from Kerala 383
6 from Karnataka 36790 from Tamil Nadu 25109 from Delhi 22916 from Uttar Pradesh and 19781 West Bengalis.