Dhaka, June 21 -- Researchers on Tuesday detected a new Omicron sub-variant in the country named BA.4/5 in the bodies of two Bangladeshi men at the Genome Center of Jessore University of Science and Technology (JUST).

The victims are 44 and 79 years old, said the research team.

One took booster dose and the other took the first two doses of the Covid vaccine.

Researchers at the genome centre identified the new Covid sub-variant through a partial (spike protein) genome sequence of the virus collected from infected people in Jessore.

One of the victims is being treated at the hospital and the other is being treated at home. The victims have various mild symptoms including fever, sore throat, cold and cough. Researchers believed that b...