Colombo:
A new coronavirus strain that is airborne and more potent than all these located previously in Sri Lanka has been found in the island nation, according to a major immunologist in Colombo.
The variant, which is extremely transmissible, can stay airborne for practically an hour and is spreading rapid, Neelika Malavige, the head of the Department of Immunology and Molecular Sciences of the Sri Jayawardenapura University stated.
“This variant of coronavirus is more highly transmissible than all found so far in the island. The new strain is airborne, the droplets can remain airborne for nearly an hour,” Malavige stated.
Health authorities feared that the new variant is spreading quickly soon after last week’s New Year celebrations with more younger persons finding infected.
“In the next two incubation periods, the disease can progress to a third wave,” Upul Rohana, of the Public Health Inspectors stated, adding that the genuine scenario would emerge only in the coming 2-3 weeks.
Meanwhile, the ministry of COVID prevention issued new suggestions which would stay in force till May 31.
The suggestions dictate a 50 per cent capacity operation for most institutions with all types of revelry getting banned.
The nation-wide situations which had been about 150 just before the mid-April New Year have now shot up to more than 600 a day.
Sri Lanka is also operating out of its wellness care capacity, officials stated.
Sri Lanka, like a lot of other nations, is witnessing a surge in the quantity of coronavirus situations, with the present figure standing at 99,691 situations and 638 deaths due to the illness.
Director General of Health Services Dr Asela Gunawardena stated hospitals nonetheless have sufficient ICU capacity to treat COVID-19 patients but it is more critical that wellness suggestions are followed in order to steer clear of infection.
“Previously the symptoms were not very apparent. Now they are much more visible and young people are more likely to develop them,” he stated.
Those who have tested positive now create more breathing troubles, requiring ICU admission and oxygen, he stated.
Sri Lanka is not the only nation to have witnessed new strain of COVID-19 but also other Asian nations such as India, Pakistan, Indonesia amongst other people.
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