No EG.5 threat in India, says Mandaviya as new Omicron variant causes surge in Covid-19 incus, UK
Mandaviya said the government continues to aggressively pursue genomic surveillance to detect Covid-19 clusters and new variants, if any, even though the cases of the viral infection have reduced. “We are constantly taking samples and testing them. Till now, 243 new sub variants have been found. None of them pose any serious threat,” the union health minister said. The WHO (World Health Organisation) has declared EG.5 or Eris a Variant of Interest (VOI).
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