As Covid surges in China, Serum Institute of India’s CEO, Adar Poonawalla says “Needn’t Panic”
Amid rising COVID-19 cases and lockdowns in China, Serum Institute of India (SII), the makers of the Covishield vaccine, CEO Adar Poonawalla on Wednesday asked the people not to panic because of India’s “excellent vaccination coverage and track record”.
He, also at the same time, urged the people to adhere to the guidelines set by the Government of India and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
“The news of rising COVID cases coming out of China is concerning, we need not panic given our excellent vaccination coverage and track record. We must continue to trust and follow the guidelines set by the Government of India and @MoHFW_INDIA,” tweeted Adar Poonawala.
The news of rising COVID cases coming out of China is concerning, we need not panic given our excellent vaccination coverage and track record. We must continue to trust and follow the guidelines set by the Government of India and @MoHFW_INDIA.
— Adar Poonawalla (@adarpoonawalla) December 21, 2022
Expressing concern over the spurt in COVID-19 cases in China, former Indian diplomat K P Fabian on Tuesday said, “over 60 percent of China and 10 percent of the world population is likely to be infected with Covid and millions may die.”
Speaking on China expecting a massive surge in Coronavirus cases, he said, “There are some reports. What will you say on China? Well, when you speak of 10 percent of the world population, which is about 8 billion, which means 10 percent is 800 million, which is a very big number. Now of course I don’t have the expertise to say whether it is right or wrong, I don’t want to say that. But it seems that with China’s method of fighting Covid, something has gone wrong with it. Seriously, their vaccine is not that good and they refuse to get the better vaccine or to improve their own vaccine, though something has been done, but not enough.”
The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday requested States and Union Territories to send samples of all COVID-19-positive cases to INSACOG labs to track new variants if any. The Health Ministry and INSACOG are keeping a sharp watch on the situation.
“In view of the sudden spurt of cases being witnessed in Japan, the United States of America, the Republic of Korea, Brazil, and China, it is essential to gear up the whole genome sequencing of positive cases samples to track the variants through SARS-CoV-2 Genome Consortium Network (INSACOG),” Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said in a letter addressed to the States and Union Territories on Tuesday.”
All states are requested to ensure that as far as possible samples of all positive cases, on a daily basis, are sent to the designated INSACOG Genome Sequencing Laboratories (IGSLs) that are mapped to the States and UTs,” said Union Health Secretary.
“Such an exercise will enable the timely detection of new variants. If any, circulating in the country and will facilitate the undertaking of requisite public health measures for the same,” added Bhushan.
According to Hong Kong Post, people in China are reporting countless cases of COVID-19 around them, despite the official count being around 2,000 a day.
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Mr. Adar Poonawala – you have done excellent work. Be calm, do not speak for now, wait for the tide to be over, else West will inject covid in baby food or spray from a civilian flight & do damage. West are Rakshas cannot take any drum beats from Indra Lok
Hope you are conversant with Raksha vs Devata = fights & flight of Indra to Vishnu & Shiva
Time will tell Mr Adar Poonawala.
Let all the true facts suppressed by Namo and gang come to light. And your role.
It’s unravelling across the globe now slowly. Like Buddha said ” The truth cannot be hidden for long like the sun and the moon”
If you unearth Reliance group, every political party in India will drop like house of cards !!
No need to drag Mr. Poonawala or Mr. Krishna (both of Indian covid vaccine fame) for they did good job. Let us not worry about the money they made by saving life’s of many with their vaccine. for life is worth more than those small monies