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Lineages with #N440K are NOT the dominant ones in the second wave of #Covid19inIndia. While N440K was a indeed mutation of concern in South India during and after the first wave, current data shows that it is essentially replaced by new VoCs such as #B1617 and #B117 
When comparing the data from MH, in MH we can see that the increase in B.1.617 is seen in Feb rather than Mar 2021, and again we observe a reduction in proportion of lineages with N440K.
This coincides well with the second waves seen in the respective states. In MH, the second wave started almost a month and half earlier compared to the 4 southern states, along with the explosion of B.1.617 at the expense of lineages with the mutation N440K.
#MadrasHighCourt Chief Justice Bench hears suo motu case concerning COVID-19 situation in TN including on aspects of Remdesivir, oxygen supply, ventilators and COVID-19 vaccination.
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CJ Banerjee refers to article which states that Remdesivir is diverted, another article saying that TN was not consulted when Oxygen was diverted from the State.
CJ Banerjee says that Court is not trying to add to the confusion, but there should be empowered authorities at the secretary or undersecretary level without reference to anyone in exigences.
If done well, contact tracing and case isolation is enough to control a #COVID19 in India over 3 months. Delays in identifying cases and incomplete contact tracing results in decreased probability of interrupting the transmission. thelancet.com/journals/langl… 1ofn #Covid19India
Under best-case assumptions, screening will miss more than half of infected people. Most cases missed by screening are undetectable because they have not yet developed symptoms, are unaware they were exposed or have taken paracetamol to mask fever. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P… 2ofn
#India has done exceptionally well in changing the course of what could have been a potentially devastating outbreak. Thanks to @ProfBhargava @ICMRDELHI @icmr_nie @Director_NCDC for the extraordinary measures and leadership in tackling the evolving situation. #Covid19India 3ofn
