NAGPUR: After replacing Delta variant in the district, new Omicron lineage BA.2 is turning out to be the new dominant variant strain among symptomatic patients, as per Neeri’s latest genome sequencing study. The Omicron variant thus far was known to cause mild disease and most of those found Covid positive in the last 30 days have remained asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients.
The earlier three genome sequencing series conducted by Neeri were done on total 201 samples randomly collected between January 1 and 16 from different parts of the city. In this fourth series, sequencing was done on 89 samples of symptomatic cases, including six admitted at a private hospital. These samples were collected between January 17 and 21 by Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC).
