Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, April 11: After cases of the new XE variety of coronavirus were detected in Maharashtra and Gujarat, the Centre said on Monday that there was no cause to fear.
As per Indian data, Omicron variations of the X series do not cause significant infections and do not spread rapidly, according to the head of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI), NK Arora.
News agency ANI quoted Arora saying, “Omicron is giving rise to many new variants. It’s part of the X series like XE & 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.”
Omicron giving rise to many new variants. It is of X series like XE & 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: NK Arora, Chairman, Covid working group NTAGI pic.twitter.com/fu5E3QmdoJ
— ANI (@ANI) April 11, 2022
Previously, a case of XE, a sub-variant of Omicron, was discovered in Mumbai, Maharashtra. On Saturday, the BMC confirmed that a 67-year-old man who had been properly vaccinated had tested positive for the variant.
According to top authorities in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, a patient in Gujarat was confirmed to be infected with the XE type of coronavirus. On March 13, the patient tested positive for Covid-19 but recovered within a week.
Meanwhile, one case of the XM variant has been discovered in Gujarat and Mumbai, Maharashtra.