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By late April, India led the world in new and active cases. On 30 April 2021, it became the first country to report over 400,000 new cases in a 24-hour period. [ 15 ] [ 6 ] Experts stated that the virus may reach an endemic stage in India rather than completely disappear; [ 16 ] in late August 2021, Soumya Swaminathan said India may be in some ...
The SARS-CoV-2 Kappa variant is also known as lineage B.1.617.1 and was first detected in India in December 2020. [2] By the end of March 2021, the Kappa sub-variant accounted for more than half of the sequences being submitted from India. [3] On 1 April 2021, it was designated a Variant Under Investigation (VUI-21APR-01) by Public Health ...
After detecting 77 cases of lineage B.1.617 in the UK in mid-April 2021, Public Health England designated the lineage as a variant under investigation. [15] In less than two months, the Delta variant would go on to become the dominant variant in the UK with researchers stating early evidence suggested there may be an increased risk of ...
The government launched several initiatives to address these shortages, including converting public buildings into COVID-19 care centers and increasing domestic production of medical supplies. Unfortunately, the second wave of COVID-19 hit India in April 2021, resulting in even higher numbers of cases and deaths than the first wave.
The World Health Organization declared JN.1 a "variant of interest" Tuesday — a designation that applies to variants that are driving new cases and have genetic changes that could help them ...
With 234,000 new cases, in addition to 1,341 new deaths, India recorded more than 1.6 million cases in the span of a week. As hospitals reached capacity, numerous reports indicated that many people died whilst awaiting treatment at and outside of hospitals or after being turned away. [34]
Epsilon variant, also known as CAL.20C and referring to two PANGO lineages B.1.427 and B.1.429, is one of the variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. It was first detected in California, USA in July 2020. [1] As of March 2022, Epsilon is considered as a previously circulating variant of interest by the WHO.
BA.2.86 was first reported by Denmark and Israel. [1] [11] On 18 August 2023, when only six cases had been reported from four countries (Denmark, Israel, the United Kingdom and the United States), the British healthcare authorities noted that its almost simultaneous appearance in several countries still operating detailed genomic surveillance indicated that it likely already was spreading more ...