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Mumbai: Genome sequencing of all 288 samples infected by Omicron, says BMC
Updated On: 16 September, 2022 08:23 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
The report said that of the 288 patients, only 2 had received just one dose of the vaccine, 202 patients received both doses, but 84 patients had not taken any dose of vaccine
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All 288 swab samples tested during the 15th genome sequencing series in Mumbai have been found infected with the Omicron sub-variants of the novel Coronavirus, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Thursday. The genome sequencing done by BMC’s Kasturba lab showed that the variant BA.2.75 was found in around 37 per cent of the samples, which is the highest.
Of the 288 samples, 106 belong to the BA.2.75 variant. At least 96 samples (33 per cent) belong to the BA.2.75.1 variant and 60 (21 per cent) samples belong to the BA.2.75.2 variant. At least 6 samples (2 per cent) each belong to two variants BA.5.2 and BJ.1; 4 samples are of variant BA.2.76; 3 samples are of BA.2 variant and 2 samples are of variant BH.1. Besides these, BA.2.10.4, BA.2.74, BA.5.1, BE.1 and BE.3 variants have been found in 1 patient each.
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