Insacog held a review meeting on Friday amidst increasing concern over the BA.2.86 variant, which is informally being termed Pirola. Its members were of the view that sewage testing for Covid-19 should be significantly increased "for timely detection of new variants like Pirola", the person said.
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The new COVID variant Pirola is spreading fast across the world and cases have doubled in just a week. The variant is now present in 4 continents and testing has started using wastewater samples. While governments have not addressed it as a serious issue, it is suspected that the variant might surpass previous vaccine immunities.