Covid 19 India Omicron sub-variant: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday confirmed that a new sub-variant of the existing Omicron variant of Covid-19 has entered India, called BA.2.75.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the world body was following the development. "On COVID-19, globally reported cases have increased nearly 30 per cent over the past two weeks.
Four out of six of the WHO sub-regions saw cases increase in the last week," Ghebreyesus said during a press briefing on Wednesday.
"In Europe and America, BA.4 and BA.5 are driving waves. In countries like India a new sub-lineage of BA.2.75 has also been detected, which we're following," the WHO chief said.
