1. US rules out bailout for Silicon Valley Bank, auctions reportedly underway 2. Apple CEO Tim Cook backs AR/VR headset, likely to launch this year 3. Infosys’ Mohit Joshi joins Tech Mahindra as MD and CEO

Omicron at community transmission stage: Govt

Spread the love

Nagpur: According to the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG), the newly discovered Omicron variant has reached the community transmission level in India.

As per the bulletin published by INSACOG, it stated that Omicron is now in community transmission stage in India and has become dominant in multiple metros where new cases have been rising exponentially. It also said BA.2 lineage, an infectious sub-variant of Omicron, has been found in a substantial fraction in India.

“Omicron is now in community transmission in India and has become dominant in multiple metros, where new cases have been rising exponentially. BA.2 lineage is in a substantial fraction in India and S gene dropout based screening is thus likely to give high false negatives,” the bulletin stated.

Community transmission is considered worrisome by the health officials as it means that the virus is now present in the community but no one knows where it came from or can trace the origin. Experts have also claimed the Omicron has become the dominant strain in multiple metros.

According to the World Health Organisation, the term, community transmission means “evidenced by an inability to relate confirmed cases through chains of transmission for a large number of cases, or by an increase in positive tests through sentinel samples (routine systematic testing of respiratory samples from established laboratories).”

Claim Free Bets
    DRISHTI SHARMA

    DRISHTI SHARMA

    All Posts

    Related Post

    View All

    35-yr-old journalist, 19-yr-old killed in Lakhimpur ...

    October 5th, 2021 | DRISHTI SHARMA

    Spread the loveNagpur: Out of the eight killed in the Lakhimpur violence on Sunday, a local journalist who was at the spot...

    Metro work gives Mylapore hawkers the jitters -They...

    October 24th, 2021 | SRUSHTI ATKARE

    Spread the loveChennai: Covid-19 hit pavement vendors in Luz corner have a new worry. They fear that the recovery seen in ...

    Isolated populations in India vulnerable to Covid-19...

    October 14th, 2021 | THE FREE MEDIA

    Spread the loveIsolated populations in India are vulnerable to Covid-19, says a joint study by researchers from the Centre...