Photo : PTINew Delhi: As the cases of coronavirus have gone down across the world,TIGS Chief Rakesh Mishra on Saturday warned that people should not assume COVID-19 in the endemic stage yet and need to be watchful of the future variants.”We should still wait to call the COVID pandemic has reached its endemic stage. A lot depends on future variants and things might go downhill, we should be watchful. We can’t declare that we’re done with the pandemic,” ANI quoted the Director of Tata Institute for Genetics & Society as saying.
We should still wait to call the Covid pandemic has reached its endemic stage. A lot depends on future variants & t… t.co/LK5SfDtzjV— ANI (@ANI) Mar 12, 2022Meanwhile, the country has reported 3,614 fresh COVID-19 cases and 89 deaths in the last 24 hours.According to the Union Health Ministry, the active COVID cases have reduced 40,559 which constitutes 0.09 per cent of the country’s total positive cases.While some countries are reporting a steep decline in fresh cases, others such as Hong Kong and China are seeing an upward trajectory.COVID spike in ChinaOn Saturday, mainland China reported more than 1,500 new local COVID-19 infections, the most since the first nationwide outbreak in early 2020. “In order to deal with how Omicron spreads, we need to promote a model of antigen screening and nucleic acid tests, enable the public to purchase tests by themselves, which is conducive to early detection,” Chinese Vice Premier Sun Chunlan was quoted by state broadcaster CCTV as telling a government meeting on Saturday.