New Delhi: No new variant of concern of coronavirus has been detected in India since Omicron in the first week of December 2021 according to the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium, the Lok Sabha was informed Friday. However, various Omicron sub-lineages are circulating across all states with the clinical presentation remaining largely the same, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said in a written reply in the Lower House.
In reply to a question, she said Omicron and its sub-lineages are found to be associated with milder disease as evidenced by the relatively lower rates of hospitalizations reported by states and Union Territories. Given the emergence of coronavirus variants with variable transmissibility and other public health implications, the health ministry is following the COVID-19 trajectory globally and in the country along with various expert committees.
