Globally, more than three years have passed since the corona infection, during which many types of mutations were observed in the original corona virus. If we look at the data so far, it is found that while the delta variant was the most severe pathogen, the infectivity rate of Omicron is being reported much higher.
Currently, Omicron’s new sub-variant XBB.1.16 has been found responsible for increasing infection cases once again in the country. 349 Samples of infectious new variant XBB1.16 found in India. Preliminary studies suggest that the infectivity rate of this variant is quite high, making it easy for people to become infected.
Due to this new variant of Corona, for the first time in five months, the daily infection cases in the country have crossed the figure of 1250. While alerting all the people, health experts have advised to keep taking adequate measures to prevent corona.
Rising figures till January-March
The new sub-variant XBB.1.16 of Omicron, believed to be responsible for the rising infection cases in the country, was first identified in January 2023. A total of 59 samples were found in February. The pace of its infection has increased in March. This week’s statistics show that for the last three days, the number of daily infected cases in the country has remained above 1000, which has increased to 1249 on Thursday, breaking the record of 140 days.
The speed with which this new variant is increasing has raised the concern of experts
Experts suggest that variants of SARS CoV2, mainly Omicron and its sub-variants, are successful in evading the immune system. Since the Omicron variant was first detected in late 2021, the infectivity rate and immunity-evading potential of all the sub-variants that have emerged have been a cause of concern for scientists.
This new variant appears to be causing more infections primarily in India, but its genome has also been found in at least 14 other countries around the world, many of which have been linked to international travel from India.
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