Can't confirm XE COVID variant in Maharashtra, awaiting report results from Centre, says health minister Rajesh Tope

Amid mounting concerns over the new 'XE' variant of COVID and a day after the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation reported its first case in Mumbai, Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday said that state health department has not received any confirmation about the variant and thus cannot confirm it.

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