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India spotted BF.7 strain months ago but didn't see COVID surge, says co-chair at INSACOG

The recent surge in COVID-19 cases in China is believed to be driven by the BF.7 subvariant of the Omicron strain

Omicron, sub-lineages dominant COVID-19 variant in India; samples of infectious BA.2.75 also found: INSACOG

In its 11 July bulletin, which was released Monday, INSACOG said the spread and frequency of BA.2.75 sub-variant is being closely monitored in every state

Omicron sub-variant BA.2's offspring BA.2.38 has not led to any increase in hospitalisation, disease severity: Insacog

In its 20 June bulletin released on Sunday, Insacog said a few deaths reported recently are due to comorbidities

INSACOG to review genomic surveillance data amid rising COVID-19 cases next week, say sources

The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium is jointly initiated by the Union Health Ministry of Health and the Department of Biotechnology with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research and the Indian Council of Medical Research

Saudi Arabia bans travel to 16 countries including India over new COVID outbreaks

The sixteen countries where the citizens of Saudi Arabia are banned to travel apart from India include Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya, Indonesia, Vietnam, Armenia, Belarus, and Venezuela

COVID 19: INSACOG confirms first case of BA.4, BA.5 Omicron subvariants in India

BA.4 and BA.5 are subvariants of the Omicron variant circulating globally. These were reported first from South Africa earlier this year and are now reported from several other countries

INSACOG plans to 'increase' sites for sewage sample collection for COVID-19

NTAGI Chairman Dr N K Arora said, "We'll try to see just like polio, we have over 50 sites similarly for COVID-19, we will increase the number of sites so that the whole country is represented in that"

COVID-19: No reason to panic, INSACOG 'keeping watch' on XE variant cases

A case of XE variant of COVID-19 was detected in Gujarat, which was confirmed by the state's Additional Chief Secretary of the Ministry of Health

Consider COVID-19 vaccine booster for those above 40 years, recommends INSACOG

The recommendation came amid demands for a booster dose of coronavirus vaccines by lawmakers during a discussion in the Lok Sabha on the pandemic situation in the country

COVID-19 AY.4.2 variant less than 0.1%, frequency too low to be of concern: INSACOG

Its weekly bulletin said the vaccine effectiveness does not seem to be different for AY.4.2 when compared to other Delta variants