Chennai: After the first case of the new Omicron sub-variant, BA.4, in India was reported from Hyderabad on Thursday, now a second case has been discovered in Tamil Nadu. The infected person as a resident of Navalur in Chengalpattu district, located 30 kilometers from Chennai.
The Tamil Nadu Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine released a bulletin and said, “While the identification of the BA.4 Omicron Sub-variant is not a cause of any immediate panic, it is more a reminder to continue the focus on eligible persons getting completely vaccinated and the need to continue to follow Covid appropriate behavior in crowded areas.”
The Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine public needs to continue to follow Covid’s appropriate behavior in crowded areas.
INSACOG has also conducted a meeting and discussed the BA.4, the group of genetic laboratories are currently working to identify new variants. Both the BA.4 and BA.5 variants of Omicron have been associated with the fifth COVID wave in South Africa and recently the US and Europe have also reported.
(Smit)