The Union Health Ministry issued a statement on Wednesday saying that the evidence does not suggest that the new Coronavirus variant XE has been detected in Mumbai. The statement came after a news broke out that a woman who came from South Africa has tested positive with XE variant.
Official sources of the Health Ministry said,”FastQ files in respect of the sample, which is being said to be ‘XE’ variant were analyzed in detail by genomic experts of INSACOG who have inferred that the genomic constitution of this variant does not correlate with the genomic picture of ‘XE’ variant”
According to the health ministry official, a woman who had tested positive is a fully vaccinated 50-year with no comorbidity and is asymptomatic. She had come from South Africa on February 10 and had no prior travel history. On arrival, she had tested negative for the virus.
India on Thursday reported 1033 covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours.
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