India Omicron BF.7: Coronavirus In China is once again spreading rapidly in China. According to reports, Omicron’s sub-variant BF.7 is the reason for the increase in the cases of corona virus in China. This sub-variant has now increased the concern of the Government of India as well. So far four cases of BF.7 have been found in India. Its 2-2 cases have been received from Gujarat and Odisha. Let us tell you about BF.7 in easy language through pointers.
- BF.7 is a sub-variant of Omicron’s variant BA.5 and has greater infectivity and shorter incubation period.
- The most dangerous thing about sub-variant BF.7 is that it has the ability to infect even those people who have got the corona vaccine.
- According to reports, the BF.7 variant infects the upper part of the respiratory system. Due to this, symptoms like fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose, weakness and tiredness are seen. Some people also experience abdominal symptoms like vomiting and diarrhea.
- According to health experts, the new variant also quickly bypasses the immunity that a person has developed through natural infection with the earlier variant.
- Manal Mohammed, senior lecturer in medical microbiology at the University of Westminster, says that one person infected with BF.7 can infect 10-18 people. The rest of the Omicron variants used to spread the infection to only 5 people.
Significantly, in the last 24 hours, 129 new positive cases of corona virus have been reported in the country. Currently the number of active cases in the country is 3,408. Only one death has been recorded from Corona in the last 24 hours. So far, more than 5 lakh 30 thousand people have died due to corona in the country.
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