First case of XBB 1.5 Covid variant found in Uttarakhand
The new variant of Corona which is responsible for majority of Covid cases in the US has been found Uttarakhand. The first case of the XBB 1.5 variant has been found in the state. The person had returned from the US on 27 December.
His sample was taken at the airport. After which it was confirmed to be infected with the new variant. The student has been kept in isolation. He studies in the US.
Samples of the student’s parents will be taken on Tuesday. However, there is no symptom of any kind in the student and his parents. The student has taken both the doses of the corona vaccine. His Covid report came positive on 30 December. The new variant has been confirmed in genome sequencing on Monday.
The total number of cases related to this variant of the virus in the country has now gone up to eight, according to the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (ISACOG). According to ISCOG, a new case of the strain has been found in Uttarakhand in the last 24 hours. Earlier, three cases were found in Gujarat, one each in Karnataka, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. The XBB 1.5 strain is a relative of the Omicron XBB variant.
