India is seeing a surge in COVID-19 infections and a new variant is responsible for it: Arcturus. Experts say this one is 1.2 times more infectious than the Kraken strain. What is even more worrying is that this strain comes with a different symptom itchy conjunctivitis, especially in children
"The reasons behind the recent Covid surge in our country may be the relaxation of Covid-19 appropriate behaviour, low testing rate and the emergence of a new variant of Covid": Indian Medical Association, Health News, Times Now
The XBB.1.16 Covid sub-variant has been displacing other dominant variants in India, with its share increasing from 21.6% in February to 35.8% in March among the samples sequenced, according to data given by the ministry.