The threat of Covid-19 appears to be fading away. In fact, 13 of the city’s 24 administrative wards haven’t reported a single case in the past week. According to experts and officials, no rise in cases has been witnessed across the state and those who are testing positive are mostly asymptomatic. However, they stressed that one must continue to remain vigilant.

The Omicron sub-variants BF.7 and XBB.1.5 have triggered cases in China, the United States and other countries and have become a concern for the Indian government too. As per the Centre’s directions, the Maharashtra government started random screening of 2 per cent of passengers who return from affected countries at the airport last month. Since then, Mumbai has reported three confirmed cases of BF.7. However, this has had no impact on the masses so far. The patients were mildly symptomatic and recovered without requiring serious medical attention.