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India doing fine, don't expect surge in cases due to XBB, BF.7: Virologist

Renowned virologist Gangandeep Kang on Friday said India has reported a few cases of Omicron sub-variants XBB and BF.7, but they have not driven an upsurge, and she does not expect a spike in Covid cases. Her remarks come in the backdrop on the highly transmissible Omicron strains, mostly BF.7, causing a spike in coronavirus cases in many countries, including China. "They are, like all Omicron sub-variants, very good at infecting people because they escape the immune response that prevents infection, but are not causing more severe disease than Delta," the professor at the Christian Medical College's division of gastrointestinal sciences tweeted. Kang said that "at the moment, India is doing fine" but maintained that surveillance should be ensured to "detect signal of any changes in the behaviour of the virus". BF.7 is a sub-lineage of the Omicron variant BA.5 and has the strongest infection ability since it is highly transmissible, has a shorter incubation period and has a higher

'Do not expect a surge in India': Gagandeep Kang on Covid-19 variant BF.7

In a series of tweets, Kang signalled that the situation in India is not alarming and there are no new variants of the virus

'XE variant of Covid-19 not more severe than Omicron': Dr Gagandeep Kang

Variants will come because people are travelling. Of what we know of the variant (XE) is that it is not a point of concern, Kang said

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No data shows need for booster vaccines presently: Dr Gagandeep Kang

According to Dr Kang, whether people will have more antibodies or be better protected with the booster dose is still not known

Way to curb Covid variants is by increasing vaccination: Virologist Kang

Kang said variants are many, but variants that escape immunity are few.

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