new Delhi. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan cautioned that the sero survey report of the ICMR should not create a sense of complacency among the people, as the Indian population is not yet close to attaining mass immunity. He gave this warning in the third episode of the weekly dialogue Sunday Dialogue. He interacts with his social media followers every Sunday for the past three weeks. He cautioned the people that the World Health Organization (WHO) also advised them to refrain from any kind of effort until they achieved collective immunity and hoped that it would ultimately protect people.
WHO’s Kovid-19 technical lead Maria Vann said, “Collective immunity or natural population immunity is not an option. Let’s put our energy, focus, workforce, into the things that actually work.”
Harshvardhan said that the first sero-survey conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in May showed that the nationwide prevalence of novel coronavirus infection was only 0.73 percent. He added, “While the second sero-survey to be released soon indicates that we are far from achieving any form of mass immunity, until then it is extremely important that all of us treat covid-appropriate behavior.” Keep following. ”
The minister said that evidence has emerged that the disease affects not only the lungs but also other organ systems, particularly the heart and kidney. The Union Health Ministry has constituted a committee of experts to look into these aspects.
Apart from this, he said that states and union territories have been advised to reduce the prices of Kovid tests.
Harshvardhan said, “As the kits were imported in the early days of the epidemic, the price was indicated to be higher. But now, the supply of test kits has also stabilized, and domestic production of these kits has also been stabilized. Has begun. “
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