Coronavirus News: On the advice of the central government, the state governments are coming into action mode on the issue of corona virus. Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today informed the Assembly that the Maharashtra government will soon set up a task force to monitor the Covid situation. He said that the state government will coordinate with the central government agencies on the Corona issue. Fadnavis was replying to a question asked in the lower house. Opposition leader Ajit Pawar had asked the government a question on the preparation of cases of Corona.
Ajit Pawar asked questions to the government
Pawar expressed concern over the return of Covid in China, America and Japan and called for initiating immediate measures to deal with the situation. In view of the increasing cases of corona virus in many countries including China, Japan, the Government of India has been alerted. The situation in Corona was reviewed today in a meeting of health officials with Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya. In the meeting, it was asked to be alert from the new variant of Corona. The Health Ministry has advised the States/UTs to send samples of COVID-19 positive cases to INSACOG laboratories.
What is the sub variant of Omicron BF.7?
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omicron (Omicron) sub-variant BF.7 is believed to be responsible for the increase in corona cases in some places in the world. India has also not remained untouched by the BF.7 sub-variant. Official sources have confirmed that three cases of sub-variant BF.7 have been detected in India. According to officials, the Gujarat Biotechnology Research Center had confirmed the first case of BF.7 in October. The cases of sub-variant BF.7 have increased to two in Gujarat and one case has been reported from Odisha.