“...even if we see a surge, there is no need to worry, as long it does not translate into hospitalization and deaths, it is alright,” Guleria told the Press Trust of India. The variants seen last year were “sub-lineages of Omicron,” he said. “So it seems the virus has stabilised a little bit, it is not changing as rapidly as it was in the past,” Guleria said.

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