Guwahati: India reported the first case of the novel coronavirus XE strain in mumbai on Wednesday. The variation, which is thought to be more transmissible than Omicron, was discovered in the United Kingdom for the first time.
According to Mumbai’s civic body BMC, the patient, a 50-year-old woman, is fully vaccinated against the virus and has displayed no symptoms thus far. She is also free of comorbidities.
She arrived from South Africa on February 10, 2022, as a costume designer. She tested negative for Covid-19 upon arrival in India, but was revealed to be positive after routine testing on March 2, 2022, and was quarantined at the Taj Lands End in Mumbai’s suburban Bandra. Her samples, however, came back negative the next day.
According to BMC’s latest sero survey report, 21 of the 230 samples sent for sero survey from patients in Mumbai were later hospitalised. None, however, required oxygen or intensive care, according to the report.
Nine of those admitted to the hospital had received both doses of the vaccine. All of the others had not been immunised. According to the study, none of the patients who had received their first vaccination had to be admitted to the hospital.
The Omicron variation was discovered in 228 samples. The XE version was found to be positive, whereas the Kappa variant was found to be negative.