Corona infected 12 children from the same village; new variant suspected

PARBAT: JULY 16 – Corona infection has been confirmed in 12 children in a Parbat village. Twelve children have been infected with a corona in Chuwa of Kushma Municipality-8. In the last week, 12 children have been infected in Chuwa at a time when the number of children infected in the district is low.

According to Ward Chairman Raj Kumar Chhetri, children in the age group of 13 months to 11 years have been infected. He said that the infection was confirmed in the test done after showing the symptoms of cold and fever. He said that this new type of variant was suspected as the children were infected. Researchers had projected that the third wave would affect children. Although the incident was described as a sign of a third wave, the health directorate Gandaki State has been requested to test the variant said Ward Chairman Chhetri.

In Chuwa alone, 42 people of different ages, including children, are actively infected. The ward has conducted direct monitoring of health workers and isolation with oxygen. Free treatment, medicine, and oximeters are being distributed to the infected. The number of actively infected people in the Parbat is 200. Of the 2,146 people infected in the second wave, 1,921 have recovered. So far, 58 people have lost their lives due to corona infection.