The ministry claimed the individual that had examined favorable for XE Variant is a fully vaccinated 50-year-old lady without comorbidity as well as asymptomatic.

The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday said that said present proof does not suggest the presence of XE version of COVID denying media reports that asserted that a case of the new mutant was reported in Mumbai.

” Hours after record of discovery of XE variation of Coronavirus in Mumbai,

@MoHFW_INDIA has claimed present evidence does not recommend the presence of the brand-new variation,” PIB Maharashtra claimed in a tweet.

It referred to the Health and wellness Ministry clarification on the reported situation of COVID XE Variant in Mumbai.

The Health Ministry stated FastQ data in respect of the example, which is being stated to be #XEVariant were analysed carefully by genomic professionals of INSACOG who have actually presumed that the genomic constitution of this variation does not correlate with the genomic image of ‘XE’ alternative”.

The ministry stated the individual that had actually checked favorable for #XEVariant is a totally immunized 50-year-old woman with no comorbidity and asymptomatic.

“She had actually come from South Africa on February 10 as well as had no previous travel history. On arrival, she had examined unfavorable for the virus,” it stated.

Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation had claimed previously in the day that a person out of the 230 examples had tested favorable for the XE version in Mumbai under the COVID genome sequencing.

The World Health Organisation had just recently said that a new COVID mutant ‘XE’ has been discovered in the UK and kept in mind that it might be much more transmissible than the BA.2 sublineage of COVID-19. However, the virologists in India have claimed that it is unclear that the variation is solid enough to create one more COVID wave in the country also as they advised to work out care and adhere to COVID-appropriate behaviour.

XE is recombinant of Omicron bachelor’s degree.1 as well as BA.2 sublineages of COVID-19.

“The XE recombinant (BA.1-BA.2), was very first identified in the UK on January 19 as well as > 600 series have been reported and also confirmed since,” the WHO had actually stated.

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Last Updated: 7 April 2022