NDTV, that the strains of Omicron circulating in Delhi currently are more infectious than the base strain that had been detected earlier in January this year.
Dr. Arora has further stated that the effectiveness of the vaccines has also reduced significantly to 20-30 per cent. He also stated to NDTV that the current strains doing the rounds in Delhi – like the sub-lineages of Omicron B5 and B2 are 20 to 30 per cent more infectious than the base Omicron variant.
A new Omicron sub-variant has been detected in the majority of samples taken from Covid patients in Delhi as part of a study at the LNJP Hospital here, news agency PTI reported.
A senior official of the hospital on Thursday said the samples of these patients were sent for genome sequencing and analysed this week.