XE variant: No need to panic about XE variant, assures Maharashtra government’s Covid-19 task force member

Assuring the residents that there was no have to panic concerning the detection of the XE variant of the virus, a member of the Maharashtra authorities’s Covid-19 activity power has stated that the Mumbai XE variant case occurred within the first week in March and the affected person absolutely recovered from the variant.

Dr. Shashank Joshi, Maharashtra authorities’s Covid-19 activity power member additionally urged residents to proceed following Covid-appropriate behaviour.

“Mumbai XE variant case occurred within the first week in March from a global traveller who absolutely recovered however Genomic information is out right this moment. No have to panic, comply with covid applicable conduct,” Dr. Shashank Joshi stated.

As per experiences, the primary case of ‘XE’, a sub-variant of the Omicron variant of coronavirus in India was detected in Mumbai. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Company (BMC) in a press release yesterday stated that the hybrid of two omicron strains has been detected in a 50-year-old girl who had travelled to town from South Africa in February.

Nonetheless, hours after report of detection of XE variant of coronavirus in Mumbai, the Ministry of Well being denied the presence of XE variant in India. “The current proof doesn’t recommend the presence of the brand new variant,” it stated in a press release.