Rising covid cases abroad warrant caution, next 1 month crucial: experts
NEW DELHI : Despite covid-19 active cases declining sharply to a two-year low of 36,168 on Thursday, India should intensify surveillance rather than become complacent in view of the recent surge in China, South Korea, Germany, Vietnam and Russia, experts said.
The next one month will be crucial and the situation must be watched closely, they said. “It depends on how things pan out in China and other parts of the world because covid-19 is a virus that tends to mutate and replicate faster.
There is a risk of the emergence of new variants. China managed to control the outbreak in Wuhan with strict implementation of non-pharmacological intervention.
We must see whether they can replicate that success this time," said R Ganga Khedkar, former scientist at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), and Dr C.G.
United States
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Cases: 46 252 513
Deaths: 750 423
Recovered: 0
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India
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Cases: 34 321 025
Deaths: 459 652
Recovered: 0
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Brazil
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Cases: 21 835 785
Deaths: 608 235
Recovered: 0
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United Kingdom
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Cases: 9 215 683
Deaths: 141 607
Recovered: 0
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Russia
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Cases: 8 494 589
Deaths: 237 619
Recovered: 0
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