First Case of ‘Delta Plus Variant’ Confirmed In Jammu, has completely recovered

Jammu, June 24 :  The first case of “Delta Plus variant” in J&K that has been confirmed from Jammu has completely recovered, official sources said.

An official told that sample collected at Katra and sent for genome sequencing to National Central for Disease Control (NCDC) returned positive for the Delta Plus variant. It was the case of a health care worker.

Principal GMC Jammu, Dr Shashi Sudan Sharma told  that one sample from Katra has been confirmed to be Delta Plus variant. However she said sample has not gone from GMC and the patient is fully recovered.

The development came even as the second wave of the pandemic is waning in J&K and restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of the infection are being eased.

So far around 40 cases of the Delta plus variant, classified as a variant of concern (VOC), have been detected in India. 

According to some reports, the highly infectious Delta variant (B.1.617.2) of COVID -19 that was first found in India is feared to have mutated into Delta Plus variant.