The cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India exceeded 30 million on the 23rd, becoming another country after the United States that exceeded this number.
Although the epidemic situation in India has shown signs of slowing down for more than half a month, the emergence of new mutant viruses, the low rate of vaccination, and the large flow of people caused by unblocking make India's future epidemic situation still not optimistic. Several experts warned that India may usher in a third wave of epidemics.
According to data released by the Ministry of Health of India on the 23rd, there were 50,848 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country, with a total of 3,028,709 confirmed cases; 1358 new deaths and a total of 390,660 deaths. As of the 23rd, India had 16 consecutive days with less than 100,000 newly diagnosed cases in a single day.
With the decline in the number of newly confirmed cases in a single day, many states and regions in India have begun to gradually relax their anti-epidemic measures. The capital New Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and many other places have announced that shopping malls, restaurants and bars and other public places have been allowed to resume operations.
Indian media quoted data from the Ministry of Railways on the 21st that nearly 3.3 million migrant workers returned from all over India to major cities such as New Delhi and Mumbai from June 11 to 17. The Ministry of Railways predicts that about 3 million people will pour into big cities from June 19th to June 28th.
Many experts believe that the third wave of the epidemic is likely to hit India. Randip Guleria, director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, recently pointed out that all parts of India have begun to be gradually unblocked, but there is still a lack of appropriate COVID-19 response measures. The third wave of epidemics will be unavoidable and may be in the next 6 to 6 months. Attacked India in 8 weeks or later. He believes that at present, it seems that people have not learned lessons from the previous two waves of epidemics.
Experts pointed out that the delta strain (the B.1.617.2 mutated COVID-19 virus first reported by India) was one of the causes of the second wave of epidemics in India, and the newly discovered "Delta+" strain was delta virus Another variant of the strain.
According to Indian media reports, due to mutations in the spike protein region of the "Delta+" strain, it may be more infectious. The Indian authorities have recommended that localities strengthen detection and tracking. As of the 23rd, India has reported 40 cases of infection with this strain, most of them from Maharashtra.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced earlier this month that the Indian government’s goal is to achieve universal vaccination against COVID-19 by the end of this year. According to data from the Oxford University "Look at the World with Data" website, as of the 21st, the number of people in India who have completed two doses of vaccination accounted for 3.66% of the total population.
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