Four patients have an infection of the B.A.4 variant, while others have contracted the B.A. 5. Four of them are men, and three are women. "Four patients are over 50 years of age, while two are in the 20-40 age group, and one patient is a nine-year-old child," he added.
Digital Desk: For the first time, four patients of the B.A. 4 variant and
three cases of the B.A. 5 variant of the Omicron sub-lineage of Coronavirus
have been found in Maharashtra, an official of the State Health Department said
on Saturday. He added that all of them had only mild symptoms and were treated
at home.
The whole-genome sequencing was conducted by the Institute of
Science Education and Research, and the Indian Biological Data Centre has
confirmed its findings in Faridabad. The official said as many as seven
patients, all from Pune, were detected with the infection of the sub-lineage of
Omicron.
Four patients have an infection of the B.A.4 variant, while
others have contracted the B.A. 5. Four of them are men, and three are women.
"Four patients are over 50 years of age, while two are in the 20-40 age
group, and one patient is a nine-year-old child," he added.
"All the six adults have completed both the vaccine doses,
while one has taken the booster shot too." The child is unvaccinated. All
of them had mild symptoms of COVID-19 and were treated successfully in home
isolation, "the official stated.
Their samples were taken between May 4 and 18. Two of them had
traveled to South Africa and Belgium, while three had traveled to Kerala and
Karnataka. The other two patients had no recent travel history, he added.
According to officials, the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of the
Omicron strain of the Coronavirus do not pose a serious threat since the
omicron strain itself has had less severe of an impact.
