Head of the Epidemiological Department of Indian Council of Medical Research, Samiran Panda, said that Covid will become endemic in India by March 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf we don\u2019t let our guards down and no new variant emerges, Covid will be endemic by March 11,\u201d head of Indian Council of Medical Research\u2019s Epidemiological Department Samiran Panda said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Head of Indian Council of Medical Research\u2019s Epidemiological Department Samiran Panda has said that Covid will become endemic by March 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIf we don\u2019t let our guards down and no new variant emerges, Covid will be endemic by March 11,\u201d he said. \u201cIf Omicron replaces Delta it will become endemic. If there is no new variant catching up, there is a possibility that Covid may become endemic,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Our mathematical projection shows the Omicron wave will last three months starting December 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFrom March 11, we will see some respite. We need to wait two more weeks to say if Delhi and Mumbai have reached their peaks of Covid cases and if the worst is over. We can\u2019t establish a trend like that in a few days,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe can\u2019t say that right now even with the decline in cases and positivity [in Delhi and Mumbai],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe never asked states not to reduce testing. We asked for more directed and purposive testing. The pandemic has also changed its character and, hence, the testing and management strategies will change. Making guidelines available in local languages on home testing etc will send out the right message,\u201d Samiran Panda said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking about the genomic sequencing, he said: \u201cGenomic sequencing is a dynamic phenomenon. But genomic sequencing on a dead body to understand if he had Omicron is a simplistic argument. Many patients die of underlying conditions. Yes, we are studying infections in hospitals to understand the severity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dismissing, speculation of a disconnect between ICMR and DCGI over Molnupiravir\u2019s exclusion from the government\u2019s Covid guidelines, he said: \u201cMolnupiravir can be given to unvaccinated patients, but there is no guideline to administer it to pregnant women, lactating women, and kids. That\u2019s why it is not in the protocol.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Head of the Epidemiological Department of Indian Council of Medical Research, Samiran Panda, said that Covid will become endemic in India by March 11. \u201cIf we don\u2019t let our guards down and no new variant emerges, Covid will be endemic by March 11,\u201d head of Indian Council of Medical Research\u2019s Epidemiological Department Samiran Panda said. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}