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Now Omicron is in the community transmission stage in India, confirms govt body
LiveMint | 23/01/2022 01:39 PM | Click to read full article
The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is in the community transmission stage in India and has become dominant in multiple metros where new cases have been rising exponentially, the INSACOG has said in its latest bulletin.
"BA.2 lineage is in a substantial fraction in India and S gene dropout based screening is thus likely to give high false negatives," it said.
