In May, India's national Covid-19 body INSACOG confirmed the presence of the BA.5 Omicron sub-variant in India.įirst noted in South Africa, the BA.5 sublineage has already been driving viral surges in countries like Australia and the US. The sub-lineage has been detected in 83 nations till date and is said be spreading at a rapid pace. It is also considered a variant of concern by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). What is BA.5?Įarlier in July, top health officials had told the media that the next Covid infection surge might be anchored by new emerging sublineages like Omicron sub-variants BA.4, BA.5.īA.5 was added to the World Health Organization's monitoring list in March this year along with BA.4. The apparent new symptom is associated with the BA.5 strain of the Omicron variant and was discovered by immunologist Professor Luke O’Neill from Trinity College Dublin. However, the novel coronavirus still seems to have some surprises up its sleeve with doctors advising against neglecting Covid prevention and care protocols in wake of a seemingly new set of symptoms of Covid-19.
Covid-19 has slowed down and its effects have also become more stymied in somewhat familiar in the past two years of the pandemic. Having sleepless nights? It could be Covid-19! While a Covid-19 infection is usually characterized by fever, body ache, and loss of smell and taste among other commonly known symptoms, scientists studying the virus feel that the mutating virus may be manifesting itself in other, previously unknown symptoms such as sleepless nights or cold sweats at night.