Rajasthan
11 samples test positive for Kappa variant of Covid in Rajasthan, four from Jaipur | Jaipur News
JAIPUR: Eleven Covid patients have tested positive for the Kappa variant in the state so far. Health minister Raghu Sharma said, “Four samples each tested positive for the Kappa variant from Jaipur and Alwar, two from Barmer and one from Bhilwara.”
The numbers are based on the test reports from the genome sequencing labs.
Out of the 11 cases, two tested positive for the Kappa variant at a genome sequencing laboratory at Sawai Man Singh Hospital, while nine tested positive at a laboratory in Delhi.
The minister said the Kappa variant was not as virulent as the Delta strain. The Kappa variant, which is a double mutant strain of Covid and also known as B.1.167.1, was first reported in the country in October 2020. Due to its complex nature, the World Health Organisation identified it as a “variant of interest”.
Health department has been sending the samples for genome sequencing for the past few months to find out if any new variant is circulating in the state.
The state has already reported one Delta+ variant case recently in Bikaner. However, no case of Lambda variant has been reported yet.
The numbers are based on the test reports from the genome sequencing labs.
Out of the 11 cases, two tested positive for the Kappa variant at a genome sequencing laboratory at Sawai Man Singh Hospital, while nine tested positive at a laboratory in Delhi.
The minister said the Kappa variant was not as virulent as the Delta strain. The Kappa variant, which is a double mutant strain of Covid and also known as B.1.167.1, was first reported in the country in October 2020. Due to its complex nature, the World Health Organisation identified it as a “variant of interest”.
Health department has been sending the samples for genome sequencing for the past few months to find out if any new variant is circulating in the state.
The state has already reported one Delta+ variant case recently in Bikaner. However, no case of Lambda variant has been reported yet.
