Mumbai has fully vaccinated all its adults against Covid-19. (File photo: Reuters)
Minister Rajesh Tope said there was no need to panic or bring back restrictions which had been eased in the state following a decline in Covid-19 cases
Amid reports that Mumbai had reported India’s first case of the highly transmissible ‘XE’ Covid-19 variant, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday sought to allay fears and said the state department had not yet received a confirmatory report from the Centre or the National Institute of Biologicals (NIB) about the presence of the new variant.
“As per information, the ‘XE’ variant is more infectious than the Omicron variant which is like flu. We’ll talk more about it in detail after getting a report; haven’t received a confirmatory report from the Centre or NIB, so Maharashtra’s health department doesn’t confirm it,” Tope said.
He added that there was no need to panic or bring back restrictions which had been eased in the state following a decline in Covid-19 cases.
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