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11 Omicron Sub-Variants Found In 124 International Passengers; Alert Sounded
11 variants of Omicron have been found in India from the samples that collected from December 24-January 5 and sent for genome sequencing.
All About New Omicron Variants
- For the uninitiated, Omicron variant BF 7 is driving the surge in China and few other countries. It was first detected in China and India has seen its first case of this variant in Gujarat.
- The symptoms of the new BF.7 sub-variant are similar to common flu and include cold, cough, fever, body pain, etc. As it is highly transmittable, it spreads to a larger group of people within a short duration.
- The XBB variant had a mutation that helped it beat the body’s immune defences, but this same quality also reduced its ability to infect human cells, reported the BBC.
- Scientists from the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Wednesday that XBB.1.5 has a “growth advantage” above all other sub-variants seen so far.
- Covid-19 variant Omicron and its sub-lineages continue to be the dominant variant in India with ‘XBB’ being the most prevalent sub-lineage circulating all over the country, the SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) said in its bulletin.
As COVID continues to spread, Government issued latest travel advisory where mandating RT-PCR tests from passengers arriving from high risk countries – China, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Republic of Korea. It is also applicable for passengers in transit. Meanwhile, random 2 per cent sampling of international passengers will continue.
Earlier last week, Health Ministry had warned that the next 40 days will be crucial for India and has advised all citizens to follow COVID appropriate behaviour specially when in public sphere.
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