PANAJI
The KP.1 and KP.2 sub-variants said to be the cause of the rise of Covid cases in Singapore have made their way to Goa with samples of as many as 16 patients tracked by the State’s genome sequencing laboratory.
However, there is nothing to worry as all the 16 patients have recovered at home, State epidemiologist, Dr A K Prakash Suryawanshi said.
Nationally, India has so far recorded 324 people to have been infected with the KP.1 and KP.2 sub-variants of the Coronavirus. Of the 16 documented in Goa, 4 had the KP.1 and 12 were infected with the KP.2 variant, he said.
Both these sub-types were responsible for the recent rise in cases reported in Singapore. However, these variants do not have severe symptoms and do not affect the patient’s health seriously, Dr Suryawanshi said, adding that even hospitalisation is not required. Maharashtra has had the highest number of KP.2 cases at 290.
According to Suryawanshi, Goa mostly has just one or two cases a day and samples are sent for genome sequencing when 10 to 12 patients are identified.
