India on April 6 reported its first case of coronavirus XE variant in Mumbai, news agency ANI reported citing Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation.
“Results of 11th test under the Covid virus genetic formula determination – 228 or 99.13 percent (230 samples) patients detected with Omicron. One patient affected by ‘XE’ variant and another is affected by the ‘Kapa’ variant of COVID-19,” the Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation said.
The World Health Organization had flagged the emergence of a new coronavirus variant XE– a hybrid of the BA.1 and BA.2 variations of Omicron.
