New Delhi: A new sub-variant of Omicron — BA.2.75 — has been detected in about 10 states in India, an Israeli expert has said.
The Union Health Ministry, however, is yet to confirm it.
In a series of tweets, Dr Shay Fleishon, from the Central Virology Laboratory at Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer, said that 85 sequences from eight countries have been uploaded so far on Nextstrain, an open-source platform of genomic data, according to a report in Sambad.
Of these, 69 are from India: Delhi (1), Haryana (6), Himachal Pradesh (3), Jammu (1), Karnataka (10), Madhya Pradesh (5), Maharashtra (27), Telangana (2), Uttar Pradesh (1), and West Bengal (13).
The strain has also been reported by seven other countries: Japan (1), Germany (2), UK (6), Canada (2), US (2), Australia (1) and New Zealand (2).
Fleishon said it is “too soon to tell” whether BA.2.75 will be the next dominant variant.
Mumbai: Popular comedy show ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chasmah’ (TMKOC) has seen several actors getting…
Bhubaneswar: The death toll reportedly due to consumption of mango kernel gruel in Odisha’s Kandhamal…
Angul: Naveen Jindal, Hon'ble 3rd time Member of Parliament from Kurukshetra, Haryana, and Chairman of Jindal…
Mumbai: Ajay Devgn’s cop universe ‘Singham Again’ and Kartik Aaryan’s horror comedy ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3’…
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government will take steps to prevent untimely Rath Yatra anywhere in the…
New Delhi: Anmol Bishnoi, brother of jailed gangster Lawrence Bishnoi, was detained in the United States…
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: While the 43rd India International Trade Fair (IIYF) enters its fifth day in…
Bhubaneswar: A team of AIIMS in Bhubaneswar saved the life of a young man, whose…