Shelja questions Haryana's preparations to face challenge of Corona's unfolding

After facing the shock of 5,33,666 deaths during the previous Covid-19, is India equipped with to face the new wave of the pandemic? The new dinosaur of the wave is knocking at the door and presently there are 1010 active cases as on 26th May at 8.00 AM, the surge is rising up rapidly as there were 257 active corona cases as on 19th May.

- JAG MOHAN THAKEN

New corona variant cases on 19th May were noticed in 11 states out of 28 states, now on 26th May it has spread its wings in 16 states and the states with top cases have seen an increase as Kerla cases rose from 95 to 430, Maharashtra from 56 to 210, Gujrat from 7 to 83, and Delhi from 5 to 104.

As of now, the World Health Organisation (WHO) classifies both LF.7 and NB.1.8 as Variants Under Monitoring, and not under Variants of Concern or Variants of Interest.

The Union Health Secretary, on Saturday noticed that the cases have mainly been reported from Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Karnataka and most of the cases are mild and under home care.

Seeing the new variant spread, some states have issued the guidelines to face the brunt. Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Kerla, Haryana and some others are the few to name included in the forerunners.