Mumbai: Hours after report of detection of XE variant of Coronavirus in Mumbai, the Union Health Ministry has said present evidence does not suggest the presence of the new variant.
“FastQ files in respect of the sample, which is being said to be ‘XE’ variant were analysed in detail by genomic experts of INSACOG who have inferred that the genomic constitution of this variant does not correlate with the genomic picture of ‘XE’ variant”, (official sources in the Health Ministry).
The individual who had tested positive for is a fully vaccinated 50-year-old women with no comorbidity and asymptomatic. She had come from South Africa on February 10 and had no prior travel history. On arrival, she had tested negative for the virus.
