Omicron BA.2 and its offspring BA.2.38 cause mild infection and they are self-limiting, experts said based on a recent study noting that majority of patients infected with these variants ‘did not require hospitalisation’.
Speaking on the topic that whether the virus is getting weaker with time, they also stated that “when they move from one body to another, they mutate for survival.
But they have to pay the cost for it by becoming mild." "During the analysis, we found that BA.2 is common, but its offspring BA.2.38 is also prevalent and is neck to neck with BA.2," said Dr Rajesh Karyekarte of B J Medical College (who led the study) told news agency PTI.
Karyekarte further revealed that they had done the genome sequencing of some samples from April to June and sent the report to the government and Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (Insacog).