Kochi, Kerala state, India, April 10, 2022 (AP Photo/R S Iyer, File)

Covid-19 roundup: New Omi­cron sub­vari­ant first found in In­dia sparks de­bate on sever­i­ty; Ap­proval for Sh­ionogi's oral treat­ment de­layed

With the rise of Omi­cron last year, there have been a few sub­vari­ants in­tro­duced — es­pe­cial­ly BA.2 and BA.5 in the US. Now, there’s an­oth­er one but it’s most­ly con­fined to In­dia.

BA.2.75, first dis­cov­ered in late May/ear­ly June in In­dia, is yet an­oth­er sub­vari­ant of Omi­cron. Pri­mar­i­ly dom­i­nant in In­dia, sam­ples have been found in Nepal, Japan, Aus­tralia, and oth­er coun­tries such as New Zealand and the US in low amounts.

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