India's genome sequencing agency, INSACOG, has warned that Omicron's BA.2.75, the most-dominant subvariant currently in India, is mutating further and may become more transmissible and immune evasive in future.

According to a ToI report, Maharashtra's coordinator for genome sequencing, Dr Rajesh Karyakarte, has confirmed that BA.2.75 Covid variant is "mutating further". Recently, an immunologist at Peking University had tweeted that BA.2.75.2 is currently the most immune-evasive strain tested so far. "It's vying for dominance by packing in more immune evasive mutations," he said.

Experts first detected this variant in India in May, where it was reportedly spreading more rapidly than other Omicron subvariants. BA.2.75 has spawned what has been designated as BA.2.75.2. The BA.2.75.2 subvariant is now present in eight countries including India, Chile, England, Singapore, Spain and Germany.

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