The first case of COVID ‘XE variant’ has been reported in Gujarat.
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- XE variant of corona virus has been found in Vadodara city of Gujarat.
- This is the first case of Coronavirus XE variant in the state
- The central government has also written a letter to five states, reporting a slight increase in Kovid cases.
coronavirus update: The XE variant of the coronavirus, which is more contagious, but no more severe than Omicron, has been found in Gujarat’s Vadodara city.
This is the first case of coronavirus XE variant in the state.
This week, Mumbai civic authorities also reported a similar case of the Xe variant from a sample isolated in February, but from the Sarskov 2 Genome Consortium of India (INSACOG), a network of laboratories that tracks sequences, and central Health ministry officials are not there yet. To confirm if this is an XE version.
Meanwhile, the central government has also written to five states, reporting a slight increase in the number of COVID cases, to continue monitoring the spread of fresh infections, officials said on Friday (April 8), officials said.
The Union Health Ministry has asked five states- Kerala, Haryana, Maharashtra, Delhi and Mizoram to continue monitoring the spread of the infection and take prompt steps to manage the spread of COVID-19.
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Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written to these states directing them to take regular monitoring and follow-up action in emerging areas of concern.
“India has witnessed a sustained and significant decline in the number of COVID-19 cases over the past 2 months, with the country reporting less than 1,000 daily new cases for the past few days. Furthermore, the weekly positivity rate has been below 1. percent,” he said in the letter.
The weekly new cases have increased from 724 new cases in the week ended April 1 to 826 new cases till Friday, which is equivalent to 11.33 percent of India’s, the letter sent to the Principal Secretary (Health), Delhi said. new cases.
Bhushan urged all these states to continue to monitor clusters of new COVID-19 cases, conduct adequate testing, take necessary steps in areas reporting high case positivity and monitor influenza-like illness and SARI cases on a regular basis in all health facilities. instructed to do. Detection of early warning signs of the spread of infection.
The states have also been asked to follow the strategy of test-track-treat-vaccination and adherence to COVID appropriate behavior along with immunization of all eligible people.
(with inputs from agencies)
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