COVID-19 variant “FLiRT”: 91 cases of the new COVID-19 subvariant Omicron KP. 2 have been reported in Maharashtra. It appears that the state recorded cases of the variant in January of this year.
The Omicron KP. 2 subvariant has overtaken the JN. 1 variant that circulated in the past and is now causing cases in several countries. According to media reports, Pune has reported 51 cases and Thane has reported 20 cases of KP. 2, which was first detected globally. in January.
According to Dr. Karyakarte, the state’s genome sequencing coordinator, there has been no commensurate increase in hospitalizations or severe cases.
It should be noted that KP. 2 is part of a larger organization known as FLiRT variants. The variants are offshoots of Omicron and are named after spike protein mutations.
In March this year, Maharashtra reported an increase in COVID-19 cases. It would appear that the increase in COVID-19 cases is likely due to the spread of the KP. 2 variant.
According to media reports, in addition to Pune and Thane, seven cases have been known in Amravati and Aurangabad. Solapur reported two cases, while Ahmednagar, Nashik, Latur and Sangli reported one case of the KP. 2 variant. No cases have been reported in Mumbai. Pune has reported about 50 cases, while Thane has reported 20.
“As the COVID pandemic has slowed, the number of COVID-19 cases has declined, but recently there has been an increase in the number of cases in the United States. Therefore, the new variant observed is called FLiRT This is the variant of the JN. 1 omicron lineage. So it’s the JN 0. 1 variant, the variant that caused a lot of cases last winter, although in all cases the cases didn’t require hospitalization,” Dr. Rishikesh Dessai, a doctor intern at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital told Financial Express. com.
It is a subvariant of the new FLiRT KP 0. 2 and KP 1. 1 variant, which has proven to be more contagious than previous omicron subvariants, Dr. Dessai revealed.
However, experts are still doing studies to date, the number of hospitalizations has decreased due to this new variant, but they are said to be more contagious and escape the immunity of a patient who was previously inflamed or a patient who had already received previous vaccines. .
Symptoms of the FLiRT variant include:
According to Dr. Dessai, the Omicron variant causes a loss of flavor and olfactory sensations.
“This FLiRT variant, which is another Omicron JN 0. 1 variant, can evade the immunity of a previously inflamed patient and the vaccine, its magnitude is still being studied and, at this time, as the reported cases are fewer and the patients requiring hospitalizations are also lower,” he added.
Therefore, it is better to be safe than sorry. We want to take precautions as we do in other cases of COVID-19, which is to wear proper masks, maintain our immunity healthy and avoid crowded places or stay away from other inflamed people, he said.
“People with low immunity, especially older people with diabetes, high blood pressure and other respiratory illnesses, deserve to take precautions and avoid crowded places,” he added.
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