PUNE: Omicron’s BA.2.75, which for some months has been the most dominant subvariant in parts of India and Maharashtra, is mutating further and likely to become even more transmissible and immune evasive, Insacog scientists have told TOI.
BA.2.75 has spawned what has been designated as BA.2.75.2, which recently drew the attention of experts tracking mutations in SARS-CoV-2. Yunlong Richard Cao, an immunologist at Peking University, tweeted, “BA.2.75.2 is currently the most immune evasive strain we have tested so far.” In India, Maharashtra’s coordinator for genome sequencing, Dr Rajesh Karyakarte, confirmed BA.2.75 is “mutating further”.
