MP man who had taken covid vaccine dies of Delta plus variant

A person died after being infected with the delta Plus variant of Covid-19 in Madhya Pradesh, informed the health minister. It is reported that the deceased had taken both doses of the vaccine.

Bhopal: Health Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Prabhuram Choudhary informed that five cases of the Delta Plus variant of Covid-19 have been reported in the state so far. He added that four out of five people who were vaccinated are healthy, and one died.

“So far five cases of the Delta Plus variant (of Covid-19) have been reported in Madhya Pradesh. Four out of five people who got the vaccine are healthy. One has died,” said Choudhary. Terming the new variant as most vulnerable, he said the chances of contracting the virus decreased by 70 per cent, if the person has taken only the first dose and added the chances would further decelerate to 90, if the person has taken both doses of vaccine.

Earlier on Monday, the minister informed that a district hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri reported the death of three people who were infected with the Delta variant of COVID-19. According to the Health Ministry, the Delta Plus variant is found in nine countries, including India which has reported 22 cases.

What says the World Health Organisation

Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization's technical lead for COVID-19 said that the current COVID-19 vaccines are less effective against the Delta coronavirus variant.

"There is a recent study that came out in The Lancet ... that looked at the reduced titer neutralization from the alpha, beta, gamma, and delta variants showing a reduction in neutralization on the delta variant. Not as much as the beta variant, which is the variant that was first detected in South Africa ... Having said that, these vaccines are still highly effective. They produce enough antibodies to protect against severe disease and death," Van Kerkhove added.

The WHO expert added that the "constellation of mutations" in coronavirus variants could lead to vaccines becoming ineffective. "There may be a time when we have a constellation of mutations that arise in a variant where our vaccines actually lose their potency, and that's what we want to make sure we prevent," Van Kerkhove said.