Should India worry about China's covid surge?
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Should India worry about China's covid surge?

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New Delhi: Covid-19 cases are rising in several countries including China, as the BF.7 variant of the omicron virus spreads rapidly. Experts say the BF.7 sub variant, which is a sub-lineage of the omicron variant BA.5., is more virulent, has shorter incubation period and greater transmissibility to infect large number of people. The BF.7 variant has been in circulation in India since the end of September this year—the first case was detected by the Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre. However, on Tuesday, Rajesh Bhushan, Union health secretary, directed scientists to monitor trends and conduct whole genome sequencing of positive cases in India as many cases could be asymptomatic.

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