The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (Insacog), the group of government institutions involved in genome sequencing of the coronavirus, held a meeting on Friday to review the situation and found that the other sub lineages which have so far been detected have not led to any significant upsurge in the country.
Experts said that 30% of Covid cases in India have been driven by sub lineage BA.2.38.
“Many BA.2 have been reclassified to BA.2.38. BA.2.38 seems to be the prevalent sub-lineage in the latest sequencing batches. However, so far this has not led to any increase in hospitalization or any report of increase in disease severity.
A few deaths that have been reported recently, are due to comorbidities. Covid appropriate behavior is likely to reduce the spread of the infection and hence continues to be recommended,” the Insacog had said in its earlier bulletin.
According to the experts, the new sub-lineage-BA.2.75 has not led to clustering so far.
“The total number of BA.2.75 could not be ascertained as there are reclassification issues but there has been no significant surge or clustering found,” said a senior official who attended the meeting. Experts said it’s too early to call BA.2.75 more severe.
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