Covid-19: Here's all you need to know about new XE variant
"It has been found to be a new XE variant in initial sequencing. Though GISAID also confirmed it, INSACOG has decided to go for another round of genomic sequencing at the national laboratory for confirmation of the XE variant," the health department said.
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India on April 6 detected the first case of the XE variant of SARS-CoV2 in Maharashtra. The health department said that the patient is a 50-year-old female South African national who had come to India on February 10.(AFP)
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She was tested on February 27 and was found Covid-19 positive. Her lab sample has been referred to Kasturba Hospital Central laboratory for genome sequencing.(Representative Image)
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The patient is asymptomatic and was found to be RT-PCR negative on repeat testing.(AFP)
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"XE new variant is a combination of BA.1 and BA.2 strains of Omicron and found to be responsible for enhanced viral transmission as per the primary reports," the health department said.(Representative Image)
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