For the primary time, 4 sufferers of B.A. 4 variant and three instances of B.A. 5 variants of the Omicron sub-lineage of coronavirus have been present in Maharashtra, an official of the state well being division stated on Saturday.
All of them had solely gentle signs and have been handled at dwelling, he added.
These sub-lineages of Omicron have been present in April in some elements of the world together with South Africa, however till now no instances had been detected within the state.
“The whole genome sequencing was conducted by the Institute of Science Education and Research, and its finding has been confirmed by the Indian Biological Data Centre in Faridabad. As many as seven patients, all from Pune, were detected with the infection of the sub-lineage of Omicron,” the official stated.
“Four patients have the infection of B.A. 4 variant while others have contracted the B.A. 5. Four of them are men and three women. Four patients are above 50 years of age while two are in 20-40 age group while one patient is a nine-year-old child,” he added.
“All the six adults have completed both the dosages of vaccine while one has taken the booster shot too. The child is unvaccinated. All of them had mild symptoms of COVID-19 and were treated successfully in home isolation,” the official stated.
Their samples have been taken between May 4 and 18. Two of them had travelled to South Africa and Belgium, whereas three had travelled to Kerala and Karnataka. The different two sufferers had no latest journey historical past, he stated.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”