State public health laboratory - Latest News Update, Information, Photos & Videos on State public health laboratory at Lokmat Times

Chennai, March 20 The Tamil Nadu public health department has in a statement said that BA.2 Sub variant of Omicron was identified in 18.4 per cent of the samples sequenced in the state from January to March 2022.It is to be noted that the BA.2 sub-variant is driving the Covid-19 cases in the UK. The genomic analysis on the samples also found that the sub-variant BA.1.1 was identified in 43 per cent of the samples while the BA.1 sub-variant was found in 37.3 per cent of the samples.The health department also said that Omicron was the dominant variant in circulation in the state. The Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) at the State Public Health Laboratory showed that 93 per cent of the 496 variants sequenced in the state were of Omicron variant.The study also showed that 6.6 per cent of the samples sequenced in the state were of Delta variant.Tamil Nadu health secretary, J. Radhakrishnan while speaking to said, "The Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS) data was not meant to create any panic among the people. This is however to sensitise the people about the BA.2 variant."He also said that Tamil Nadu did not have much clinical difference between the two variants and said that people need to be cautious as in the last week several countries have recorded an increase in cases.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

Home

City

Latest News

Cricket

LT Premium

National

International

Maharashtra

Opinions

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

Nagpur

Entertainment

Photos

Business

Technology

Sports

Lifestyle

Social Viral

Lokmat Games

Health

Pahalgam Terror Attack

Tahawwur Rana

IPL 2025

CM Devendra Fadnavis

Mumbai Local

Weather Update

State Public Health LaboratoryFOLLOW

State public health laboratory, Latest News

National :Next 40 days crucial as India may see COVID cases surge in mid-January: Health Ministry Sources

The next 40 days will be crucial as India may see a surge of COVID cases in mid of ... ...

National :2 passengers from Dubai test positive for Covid at Chennai airport

The Tamil Nadu Health Department said that two passengers coming from Dubai tested positive for the Coronavirus infection at ... ...

National :TN health dept monitoring 2 people after arriving from China: Minister

Chennai, Dec 28 The Tamil Nadu health department is monitoring two people who arrived in Madurai from China ... ...

Health :BA.2 version of Omicron identified in 18.4% samples in TN

Chennai, March 20 The Tamil Nadu public health department has in a statement said that BA.2 Sub variant ... ...