Health worker conducts rapid COVID-19 testingNEW DELHI, Apr 9 New A strain of the XE coronavirus has been identified in the Indian state of Gujarat in a man who traveled from Mumbai, the state authorities said on Saturday. Doctors have identified three different lines resulting from mutations in different strains of coronavirus — XD, XE and XF. The XD and XF lines are a junction of the delta and omicron BA.1 sublines, and the XE line is a junction of the BA.1 and BA.2 omicron variants.
Virologist explains emergence of new omicron variant in China «A man from (district) Santacruz in Mumbai tested positive for COVID-19 during his visit to (city) Vadodara on March 12,» Vadodara medical officer Devesh Patel said at a press conference .The man visited Vadodara for work and stayed at the hotel. Patel said that after he developed a fever, the man was tested for COVID-19 in a private laboratory, which came back positive. After some time, the man returned to Mumbai, and the results of his genome sequencing came only on Friday. «On March 12, he tested positive. His sample was sent for genome sequencing. According to the results announced yesterday, he was found to be infected with a new XE mutant variant … He returned to Mumbai on his own. The local authorities do not know anything about the further status of the patient,» Patel said. Previously, Mumbai authorities reported the first case of infection with the XE strain of coronavirus in India. A new variant of the coronavirus was identified in a 50-year-old fully vaccinated woman who arrived on February 10 from South Africa. The infection was detected in her in March, by now the woman has recovered and feels well. Mumbai authorities said they had traced the people who came into contact with her and did not identify any of them infected with the coronavirus.
