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PUNE: Covid-19 cases are showing signs of increase in Maharashtra after a long lull, while a new Omicron subvariant – EG.5.1 – has been detected in the state in the first instance of its presence in India.
Dr Rajesh Karyakarte, Maharashtra’s coordinator for genome sequencing and a senior scientist with BJ Medical College, told TOI: “EG.5.1 was detected in Maharashtra in May.