This week, Maldives and Myanmar confirmed the transmission of coronavirus variants of concern. Earlier, variants of concern have been confirmed in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Timor-Leste, the worldwide well being physique mentioned.
The coronavirus variants of concern together with the opening of economies and societies contributed to the latest surge in instances globally.
“We have to constantly strengthen our efforts to check, hint and isolate. Bodily distancing, hand hygiene and correct carrying of masks should be stringently carried out.
“These measures needs to be in full pressure and for longer intervals in areas reporting extra transmissible variants of considerations,” mentioned Poonam Khetrapal Singh, the Regional Director of WHO South-East Asia.
At the same time as nations scale up vaccination towards Covid-19, they should implement public well being and social measures in a tailor-made and agile method, she mentioned.
Singh, in an announcement, mentioned a risk-based method is required for public well being and social measures and these measures needs to be carried out by the bottom administrative stage and adjusted to the depth of transmission and the capability of well being programs.
Numerous nations are at present at totally different phases within the evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic and are going through various epidemiological conditions. Although the area is now witnessing an total decline in instances primarily as a result of a dip in instances in India, in another nations are nonetheless seeing a spike in instances.
“We should not overlook that the pandemic remains to be round and should guard towards complacency at any stage. We should proceed to implement mixtures of public well being and social measures till globally there may be excessive vaccine protection amongst well being staff, and high-risk and weak teams,” Singh mentioned within the assertion.