2nd CASE OF XE VARIANT IS DETECTED FROM GUJURAT

(The Quiver) : Another case of XE covid variant is detected from Gujurat , according to top sources in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The patient tested positive for Covid-19 on March 13 and recovered in a week.

Government sources said , “After genome-sequencing, it has been discovered that the patient was infected with the XE variant of coronavirus. However, the sample will be re-examined to confirm that whether it is the XE variant or not .

India ‘s first case was detected from Mumbai , the first patient had recent travel history from South Africa. However no clear confirmations regarding the case was done by The central government and Maharashtra’s health department.

Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope speaking on the first case of  Covid XE variant , said, “As per information, XE variant is 10 per cent more infectious than the Omicron variant. We will talk more about it in detail after getting a report. Since we have not received a confirmatory report from the Centre or NIB, Maharashtra health department does not confirm it.”

Dr Gagandeep Kang, a leading microbiologist and professor at Christian Medical College in Vellore, was quoted as saying by news agency ANI, “Variants will come because people are travelling. Of what we know of the variant (XE) is that it is not a point of concern.”

The hybrid strain was first detected in the UK in January. According to the WHO, it can be the most transmissible variant yet and is estimated to spread 10 per cent more easily than BA.2, which itself was more transmissible than original Omicron.