The second wave of Corona ... People without symptoms transmit the virus in India

A group of experts and doctors confirmed that at a time when the second Corona wave is sweeping India hard, the death rate is increasing alarmingly, and thousands of asymptomatic patients are rapidly transmitting the highly contagious strains.

According to the "thehealthsite" report, it is believed that the biggest threat is the three-phase Indian subspecies, along with the lethal variant in the United Kingdom, which have been behind the recent increase in the number of infected people across the country.

According to India's National Center for Disease Control (NCDC), more than 400 cases of the UK strain and 76 of the Indian strain have been found in Delhi alone, with nearly 11% of samples from across the country showing variants of concern.

A double mutant strain appeared in the country

 

Variant B1617, which was first discovered in Maharashtra, India, contains mutations of two different types of viruses, and the third mutation evolved from a double mutation where three different strains of Corona combined to form a new variant.

Two of these triple-mutated cultivars were found in samples collected from Maharashtra, Delhi and West Bengal.

The director of the National Center for Disease Control in India said that there is no doubt that the second wave appears to be more dangerous than the first wave in India, adding that the virus with the mutation is more contagious, more virulent and severe, which causes the spread of infection and disease, which leads to more deaths.

The Corona virus has the ability to acquire mutations during its reproduction and spread, and these mutations can sometimes lead to viral variants with a better ability to adapt to their environment.

India is seeing the rapid emergence of many viral variants, with the number and spread of infections increasing.

According to Dr. Sumant Mantri, senior consultant pulmonologist at Apollo Hospital, in Bengaluru, the new strains are more contagious, and he said that many asymptomatic patients transmit the virus, adding: "People are refusing to wear masks and maintaining social distancing, which has led to this increase." .

India recorded more than 2,000 deaths for the fourth consecutive day, with the highest rise in deaths per day.