New Covid's XBB 1.5 strain cases are found in India...
Uttarakhand has reported a new case of the XBB 1.5 strain. According to INSACOG data, one additional case of the COVID-19 XBB 1.5 strain, which has been linked to the spike in cases in the United States, has been discovered in India, bringing the total number of such cases there to eight.
According to the indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), the strain has now been detected in a new case in uttarakhand after previously being found in three instances in Gujarat, three in Karnataka, Telangana, one in Chhattisgarh, and one in Rajasthan.
The Omicron XBB variant, a recombinant of the Omicron BA.2.10.1 and BA.2.75 subvariants, is related to the XBB.1.5 strain. In the US, XBB and XBB.1.5 together account for 44% of instances.
The INSACOG data also revealed that the BF.7 strain, which is thought to be responsible for China's coronavirus outbreak, has been discovered in nine instances. Omicron sub-variant BF.7 instances have been documented in four different states: West Bengal, Gujarat, Haryana, and Odisha.
Through the sequencing of samples from sentinel sites and international travellers entering India, INSACOG reports genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 throughout the nation.
