PRINCE KUMAR
Ranchi, Jan 12: The new strain of Covid-19 is proving to be far more infectious than the previous strains as it has started to grip small children of the district. The information came to the fore after a 6-month-old was admitted to the A-2 ward of the Pediatric Department of RIMS.
The number of infected children admitted in the pediatric ward of RIMS has increased to five. Among the admitted patients, a 15-year-old girl from Gumla, a 6-year-old girl from Bundu, a 12-year-old girl from Ramgarh, an 11-year-old girl from Lohardaga and a 6-month-old resident of Kantatoli, Ranchi are included.
A total of 82 infected patients are admitted to various departments of RIMS. Of these, 23 infected patients are admitted on the second floor of the New Trauma Center. While three children are admitted to New Paying Ward, 12 in Medicine D-2 Ward, 11 in Dengue Ward, 28 in Surgery D-2 Ward and 5 in Pediatric Ward.
Head of Critical Care at RIMS, Dr Pradeep Bhattacharya said that the new strain of virus is much more infectious than the other strains but the point of relief is that it is not deadly.
“The recovery rate is quite high as compared to the other strain of virus and people are getting recovered within a span of 3 to 5 days,” Bhattacharya said.
