The recently emerged BA.4 and BA.5 lineages of Omicron and their global health concerns amid the ongoing wave of COVID-19 pandemic - Correspondence

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Chemistry, Government College of Engineering, Keonjhar, 758002, Odisha, India. Electronic address: ranjank_mohapatra@yahoo.com.
• ² Department of Microbiology, Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar, 505417, Telangana, India.
• ³ Department of Chemistry, School of Applied Sciences, Centurion University of Technology and Management, Odisha, India.
• ⁴ Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute, Bhopal, MP, 462026, India; Academy of Council Scientific and Industrial Research - Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (AMPRI), Hoshangabad Road, Bhopal, M.P, 462026, India.
• ⁵ Department of Biotechnology, Maharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana, Ambala, 133207, Haryana, India.
• ⁶ Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Sciences and Animal Husbandry, R.K. Nagar, West Tripura, Tripura, 799008, India.
• ⁷ Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Science and Biotechnology, Adamas University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
• ⁸ Division of Pathology, ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, 243122, India. Electronic address: kdhama@rediffmail.com.