Indian variant becomes global threat

Indian variant becomes global threat
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May 12, 2021
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) had announced that it reclassifying the highly contagious triple-mutant Covid variant in India as a “variant of concern,” indicating that it’s become a global health threat, foreign media reported on Tuesday.
The announcement was made by WHO lead COVID-19 scientist, Maria van Kerkhove, who said, "There is some available information to suggest increased transmissibility of the B.1.617." She also said that this new variant is not the only one circulating in India, noting that the British B.1.1.7 variant, which has been shown to have increased transmissibility, is also present there.

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