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There are 814 SARS-CoV-2 sequences of JN.1 across 18 states and UTs while its sub-lineage JN.1.1 has been detected in 943 cases, according to the data compiled by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG).

Ten states and Union territories have so far detected the presence of the JN.1 sub-variant of the virus.

JN.1 is a severely immune-evasive and fast-spreading variant, markedly different from XBB and all other prior versions of this virus, said Rajeev Jayadevan

These 349 samples of new variant XBB1.16 have been found in nine states and Union Territories in the country

The XBB 1.16 variant was first found in January when two samples tested positive for the variant while in February a total of 59 samples were found

Hyderabad: The ongoing surge of Covid infections in multiple States, including Telangana, which is being attributed to BA4 and BA5 variants of Omicron, is merely a ripple and not a wave, the developers of the SUTRA mathematical model for forecasting pandemics on Thursday said. The mathematicians and researchers from IIT-Kanpur and IIT Hyderabad, who developed […]

Hyderabad: The ongoing surge of Covid-19 infections — widely believed to be driven by the BA4 and BA5 variants of Omicron — in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Telangana, could peak sometime in July, a preliminary assessment by the SUTRA mathematical model for forecasting pandemics has revealed. For the past one week, the South […]

Hyderabad: Chances of a fresh wave of Covid infections in the coming months due to Omicron variants in Telangana despite geneticists reporting one more BA.5 positive case, were very remote, senior public health officials in Hyderabad said. As on Sunday, one case each of BA.4 and BA.5 variants of the Omicron, which are largely responsible […]

Hyderabad: The first confirmed case of the BA4 Omicron variant in India has been reported from Hyderabad, according to the recent data available with the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), the group of genetic laboratories that are working to identify new variants of SARS-CoV-2 from Indian Covid positive patients. The BA4 Omicron variant was identified […]

Hyderabad: A solitary case of the BA.2.12.1 variant with L452Q mutation, the new sub-lineage of Omicron variant which is being linked to the surge of Covid infections in New Delhi and New York, was reported in Telangana by the geneticists from Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG). Samples from Covid positive individuals in Hyderabad were collected […]

Hyderabad: The BA2 variant of the SARS-CoV-2, which is behind the recent surge of Covid infections in China, South Korea, Europe and US, has continued to remain the dominant strain in Telangana and in the country, based on the data from Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortium (INSACOG). The genome sequencing of Covid samples by INSACOG, which […]

Hyderabad: Different hybrid recombinants and mutations of the Omicron variant have continued to get reported by genetic researchers from across India. The latest to be reported is BA. 2 Omicron subvariant with L452R mutation in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Overall, between January and March, about 57 cases of L452R Omicron variant, which was first […]

New Delhi: The evidence doesn’t suggest the presence of COVID ‘XE’ mutant in India, government sources said on Wednesday and denied media reports that claimed the first case of the variant had been detected in the country. The government sources said that FastQ files of the sample, being said to be ‘XE’ variant, was analysed […]

Hyderabad: The imminent threat of new variants of coronavirus with a potential to fuel fresh surge in Covid infections continues to remain a cause of worry, as the latest genetic sequencing data from Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) and GSAID indicates that there are 568 Covid sequences under investigation in various genetic laboratories in India […]

TS reported 90 cases of BA.2, the newly-identified sub-lineage of the variant

New Delhi: The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is in the community transmission stage in India and has become dominant in multiple metros where new cases have been rising exponentially, the INSACOG has said in its latest bulletin. It also said BA.2 lineage, an infectious sub-variant of Omicron, has been found in a substantial fraction in […]

INSACOG, the multi-agency genetic sequencing consortium said that vaccination breakthroughs are common during Delta outbreaks and are expected in India as well

Apart from focus on vaccines, experts for more research on new variants

These include 736 samples positive for viruses of the UK (B.1.1.7) lineage, 34 samples of the South African (B.1.351) lineage and one sample of the Brazilian (P.1) lineage

Genome sequencing and analysis have been carried out on samples from arriving international travellers, contacts of those positive for VOC and community samples from most of the states.