New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Friday said that more than 90 new variants have been detected amongst the samples analyzed by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortium (INSACOG) in the last two months across the country.
“During the last 60 days, more than 90 new variants have been detected amongst the samples analysed by the INSACOG across the country. Omicron and its sub-lineages continue to be the dominant variants in India. Of these, XBB, BQ are the most prevalent lineages circulating in the country,” said Minister of State for Health Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar in the Lok Sabha.
She said that given the emergence of variants of the COVID-19 virus with variable transmissibility and their possible health implications, the Union Ministry of Health is following the COVID-19 trajectory globally and in the country along with various expert committees. “In addition, Indian SARS-CoV2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) network laboratories conduct whole genome sequencing of samples for detection of mutant variants of the virus,” she said.
