Covid Variant XBB1.16 driving spike in cases, see symptoms and precautions

India reported over 6,000 new covid cases in the last 24 hours. The Omicron variant XBB.1.16 is thought to be responsible for the abrupt increase in covid cases in India.

The World Health Organization is closely watching the Covid subvariant XBB.1.16. It added XBB.1.16 to its list of variants under watch on March 22.

Symptoms of this variant include fever that gradually climbs and lasts for 1-2 days, sore throat, bodily soreness, headaches and abdominal discomfort.

The XBB.1.16 variant does not cause any severe problems.

However, people with underlying health concerns and those with respiratory conditions should use extreme caution.