Publish Date: | Tue, 01 Mar 2022 09:28 PM (IST)
Corona in Gwalior: Gwalior. New Zealand Representative. Which variant of Omicron is infecting people in the third wave of corona. To find out, 63 samples from different districts were sent to DRDE Lab for examination 15 days ago. In the test report from DRDE, the BA-2 variant of Omicron has been confirmed in 32 samples. Out of 32, 15 samples are from Gwalior, and 15 samples are from Ashok Nagar, one from Etawah and one from Morena district. This report was delivered by DRDE to the CMHO office on Tuesday. Earlier the BA-1 variant was confirmed. It is clear from this that Omicron’s BA-1 and BA-2 variants were infecting people in the city.
Omicron itself infected the people of the city
Omicron has been found in 15 of the samples in the investigation. It is clear from this that Omicron had infected people in the third wave in the city. However, the special thing was that after getting infected with this virus, people did not reach the hospital and treatment was done at home. That is, Omicron spread rapidly but the common cough remained like a cold. That is, people took their treatment at home by taking normal medicines.
31 samples did not meet the standard-
31 out of 63 samples did not pass the test. In fact, due to the high virus load in these samples, the altered form of Omicron could not be detected in it. Although it is being said that the test of these samples also has Omicron, but which variant is Omicron. To find out, the virus load will be reduced and tested again.
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