Corona update: In the midst of worsening situation due to Corona in China, the danger of epidemic is increasing in India too. Meanwhile, a frightening report has come to the fore. The Union Health Ministry said on Monday (January 9) that the presence of all variants of Omicron has been detected in the country. This information has been received from sentinel sequencing of 324 Covid positive samples.
The Union Health Ministry said, “‘Sentinel sequencing’ of 324 Covid-positive samples taken between 29 December 2022 and 7 January 2023 revealed the presence of the omicron variant in all of them. Variant 2.75, XBB (37), BQ1 and BQ1.1 (5) and other variants are included.
Positivity rate is under control
However, the rate of infection of the epidemic is still under control. In a statement, the health ministry said, “In areas where these variants have been detected, no increase in mortality or infection cases has been reported.” These samples were taken from international passengers. The statement said that XBB (11), BQ1.1 (12) and BF7.4.1 (1) variants were found in positive samples of 50 international passengers. Genome sequencing of the sample was done.
Revealed by genome sequencing
The statement said that between December 29 and January 7, 324 positive samples were sent to 22 Insacog laboratories for genome sequencing, including: omicron The presence of BA.2 and its sub-variants 2.75, XBB (37), BQ1 and BQ1.1 (5) was found in all samples.
Random testing being done at the airport
Let us inform that from 24 December 2022, random corona test of international passengers has been started at various airports of the country. Since then, 13,57,243 international passengers arrived in India on 7,786 flights at various airports, out of which 29,113 randomly selected passengers were tested through RT-PCR.