No cause of worry, infection severity mild: ICMR DG amid COVID surge
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New Delhi: Amid a spike in Covid cases in some parts of the country, Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dr Rajiv Behl on Monday said the severity of infections is mild and there was no cause for worry.
Speaking about new Covid variants being traced, he said genome sequencing of samples in the west and south have shown that the new variants are not severe and are Omicron sub-variants. These are LF.7, XFG, JN.1 and NB. 1.8.1.
The first three are more prevalent, he said. "Samples from other places are being sequenced and we will know in a day or two if there are more variants," he said, news agency PTI reported.
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The ICMR DG said there has been an uptick in cases - first from the south, then west and now from northern India. All cases are being monitored through the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme.
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