SunstarTV Bureau: The whole world is at the verse of breaking down again, with the new found foreign coronavirus strain in UK.
To console the panicking citizens, Indian government has called for a press meet today. Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary, Health Ministry and Dr VK Paul, Member (Health), NITI Aayog addressed the meeting.
The recovery rate is more than 95% said Rajesh Bhushan.
It is after almost 5.5 months, we have less than 3 lakh active COVID19 cases in the country. Currently, the active cases are less than 3% of overall cases, further added Health Ministry.
There has been a decrease in average daily new cases in the past 7 weeks, Rajesh Bhushan, Secretary told giving concrete report on COVID19.
The new strain of COVID19 in the United Kingdom has increased transmissibility. This mutation is not affecting the severity of the disease. Case fatality is not affected by this mutation, added VK Paul.