: Covid-19: India detects first cases of BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of Omicron #IndiaNEWS The first cases of BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants of the coronavirus have been found in India, according to

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Covid-19: India detects first cases of BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of Omicron #IndiaNEWS
The first cases of BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants of the coronavirus have been found in India, according to the Indian SARS-COV-2 Genomics Consortium, or INSACOG.The consortium said that BA.4 subvariant was reported in Tamil Nadu and BA.5 in Telangana.BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of Omicron have been detected across the world. The subvariants had caused the fifth wave of Covid-19 pandemic in South Africa, The Indian Express reported. But they have not been associated with disease severity or increased hospitalisation, the consortium said.In Tamil Nadu, the BA.4 subvariant was found in a 19-year-old woman.“The patient has shown only mild clinical symptoms and has been fully vaccinated,� a statement read. “The patient had no travel history.�Before this, a traveller of South African origin was reported positive for the BA.4 subvariant during sampling at the Hyderabad airport.In another case in Telangana, an 80-year-old man tested positive for the BA.5 variant of the coronavirus, the INSACOG said. He, too, has shown only mild clinical symptoms and has been fully vaccinated.“Contact tracing of the BA.4. and BA.5 patients is being undertaken as a precautionary measure,� said INSACOG.Meanwhile, the World Health Organization said on Sunday that “the Covid-19 pandemic will not magically disappear�.“But we can end it,� said Tedros Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the global health body. “We have the...Read more

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