 "Gagandeep Kang, professor of microbiology at Christian Medical College, Vellore")
XBB and BF.7, the variants behind a surge in Covid-19 cases in China have been in India for a while, and a wave of new cases from them is thus not expected in India, Gagandeep Kang, virologist and professor in the Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences at the Christian Medical College, Vellore said on Friday.
In a series of tweets, Kang signalled that the situation in India is not alarming and there are no new variants of the virus.
"At the moment, India is doing fine. We have a few cases, we have had the XBB & BF.7 for a while
