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Uttar Pradesh issues new guidelines amid Covid-19’s Omicron variant

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Uttar Pradesh issues new guidelines amid Covid-19’s Omicron variant

After the Omicron variant of Covid-19 was detected in other states, the Uttar Pradesh government led by Yogi Aditynatah has issued guidelines for all regions to deal with the new strain.

According to the PTI news agency, in accordance with the guidelines issued on Monday, RT-PCR testing is being performed on all passengers entering the state, and the genome of all infected patients is sequenced.

Following the exposure of the Omicron case in neighbouring Delhi, the government of Uttar Pradesh is also ensuring strict border vigils.

According to PTI, a statement issued by the state government stated that it also emphasized further improvement of sanitation facilities in rural and urban areas.

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PTI quoted a statement saying that in the state’s community health centers (CHC) and primary health centers (PHC), 19,000 beds have been added, and the medical school has added 55,000 beds.

The statement said that in addition to ordering senior officials to make appropriate arrangements in hospitals to deal with the new variants, the state government also closely monitors the supply of oxygen, beds and laboratories.

Also read | In 4 states, Delhi has Omicron cases in India and Maharashtra has the largest number

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As of Tuesday, India’s Omicron was ranked 23rd after two other people were found to be infected with the Omicron variant in Mumbai, the capital of Maharashtra. Cases have also been exposed in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka and Delhi.

The first case of this variant was reported in Bangalore last week.

The Omicron variant was first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) from South Africa at the end of last month.

According to the World Health Organization, the first known confirmed B.1.1.529 infection came from a sample collected on November 9 this year. The World Health Organization has classified Omicron as a “variant of concern.”

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News source : Hindustan times

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Covid infection linked to more type 1 diabetes in kids and teens: Study

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Covid infection linked to more type 1 diabetes in kids and teens: Study

Two studies that did not definitively resolve the question of whether the coronavirus can cause the chronic disease of diabetes found that Covid-19 in children and adolescents appeared to increase the chance of acquiring diabetes. Over two years after the pandemic’s commencement, researchers from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health looked at new type 1 diabetes diagnoses using national health registries. They discovered that type 1 diabetes was roughly 60% more likely to develop in children who had tested positive for the coronavirus.

The risk within 30 days of a Covid infection confirmed by a PCR test was examined by the researchers. Young adults were also included in a Scottish study that was presented at the European Link for the Study of Diabetes meeting. This study indicated an increased risk one month following the viral sickness, but the researchers said they discovered no association after that point.

The authors of both studies emphasised that their findings do not necessarily imply a causal link between diabetes and the coronavirus. Other potential causes were emphasised, such as delays in seeking medical attention during the epidemic, the introduction of other diseases, and alterations in way of life brought on by lockdowns.

Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, an associate professor at the Nuffield department of primary care health sciences at the University of Oxford, stated: “There are a lot of plausible reasons that Covid-19 might lead to development of type 1 diabetes, but this remains in no way proved.”
According to a paper earlier this week in the medical journal The Lancet, the number of people with type 1 diabetes, in which the pancreas fails to generate the hormone insulin, may increase from 8.4 million to 17.4 million by the year 2040.

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The illness, which has no known treatment and is most frequently diagnosed in children, is thought to be caused by a combination of genetics and exposure to particular pathogens, including SARS-Cov-2 as well as a larger family of viruses known as enteroviruses. Type 2 diabetes, which is more prevalent, typically appears later in life as sedentary habits and weight increase mess with the body’s ability to manage sugar.

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