Summary:
Mumbai, Dec 2 (PTI) A member of the Maharashtra government"s COVID-19 task force on Thursday said that vigilance, genome sequencing, improving border surveillance and vaccination are some of the things that are necessary to tackle the new Omicron variant of coronavirus.
The task force member, Dr Vasant Nagvekar, who is a consultant on infectious diseases at a city-based hospital, said in a statement that although there was no need to panic, the Omicron variant is definitely a cause of concern.
"What we need is vigilance.
This variant has accumulated 50 mutations and has caused a lot of concern.
It could be more transmissible, and it could also be immune-evasive.
But so far, there is no proof that it produces more severe infections.