New Delhi: The Centre on Monday said there was no need to panic after cases of the new XE variant of COVID-19 were reported from Maharashtra and Gujarat.
National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) chief NK Arora said the X series came from the Omicron family and were not causing serious symptoms.
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The XE variant is not fatal, the NTAGI chief said.
“Omicron is giving rise to many new variants. It’s part of the X series like XE and others. These variants will keep on occurring. Nothing to panic about… At the moment from Indian data it doesn’t show a very rapid spread,” he told ANI.
