NK Arora, head of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI), has said that the Kovid-19 variant Ommicron is giving rise to many new variants. It belongs to X series like XE and others.
“These variants will keep happening. There is nothing to panic as none of these are causing serious illness or spreading very fast from the Indian data at the moment,” said N. ANI.
Meanwhile, the Indian Sars-CoV-2 Genomic Consortium (INSACOG) is tracking the cases of the XE COVID variant in the country, focusing on the incidence of hospitalization and severity, while adding that there is no need to panic. There is no reason, sources said on Saturday.
“Till this sequence is not verified after isolating the virus, we will not be able to comment on it. We will have to wait to know whether it is isolated or not,” sources told ANI.
One case of XE variant was reported in Gujarat, which was confirmed by the Additional Chief Secretary, Health Ministry in Gujarat.
“We are in touch with the governments of Maharashtra and Gujarat. The Biotechnology Research Center found the mutation in the sample, hence the need for genome sequencing after which the sample was sent to Kolkata where they have confirmed the sample as the XE variant. We have found Confirmation,” said Manoj Agarwal, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, Government of Gujarat.
He further informed that the person found positive for the infection traveled from Maharashtra to Baroda in Gujarat.
*With inputs from agencies
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