Explained: The Delta Variant Of COVID-19 Virus That Caused 75 Per Cent Of Post-Vaccine Infections In Delhi
by Swarajya Staff - Jun 5, 2021 04:45 AM
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Snapshot
Delta variant, or B.1.617.2, is the most pervasive variant of the novel Coronavirus in India as of now
A study by scientists at the CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (CSIR-IGIB) and the National Centre of Disease Control â two key labs of the Indian Sars Cov-2 Genomic Consortium (INSACOG) that tracks the emergence of key variants of the coronavirus â claims that novel Coronavirus variant âDeltaâ (B.1.617.2) caused three out of four âbreakthroughâ infections in Delhi.