Coronavirus | Centre raises alert on delta plus variant
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Advisory to States calls for more samples for epidemiological correlations.
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A health worker collecting nasal swab samples for COVID-19 tests at Sarojini Devi Eye Hospital in Mehdipatnam in Hyderabad on Friday, June 25, 2021.
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Advisory to States calls for more samples for epidemiological correlations.
The Union Health Ministry has warned States that the delta plus variant, which is currently a variant of concern, has increased transmissibility, stronger binding to receptors of lung cells and potential reduction in monoclonal antibody response.
Directing the States to initiate more focused and stringent measures to contain the virus spread, the Ministry has now also instructed that adequate number of samples from positive persons have to be sent to the designated labs so that clinical epidemiological correlations can be established.
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