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MUMBAI: Dr Subhash Salunkhe, an advisor to the Maharashtra government, has termed the ongoing viral activity in Amravati and Akola districts “extremely unusual” and the rise in cases “exponential”. The only upside till now, said Dr Salunkhe, is the spread appears to be in “isolated small pockets”.
State government health officials said genomic sequencing of four patients from Amravati showed “unique mutations”, including E484Q, which is similar to a mutation (E484K) found in South African and Brazilian variants. Four samples from Yavatmal, too, showed unique mutations, including the N440K that first emerged in the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.
Dr Salunkhe termed the ongoing viral activity in Amravati and Akola districts “extremely unusual” and the rise in cases “exponential”. The only upside till now, he said, is the spread appears to be in “isolated small pocket”.
Earlier in the day, state government health officials said genomic sequencing of four patients from Amravati showed “unique mutations”, including E484Q, which is similar to a mutation (E484K) found in South African and Brazilian variants. Four samples from Yavatmal, too, showed unique mutations, including the N440K that first emerged in the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.
Earlier in the day, state health officials played down the Amravati findings. A senior Maharashtra goverment official said the mutations found in the samples are not new to India. “There are over 240 mutations found so far in India. We don’t need to panic about this. Contact tracing and other public health measures will be taken to check the spread of cases,” he said.