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Indian variant Q&A: What is a ‘variant of concern’ and how worrying is it?
Cases of the so-called ‘Indian variant’, B.1.617.2, have more than doubled in the UK in the last week and it is now a ‘variant of concern’
7 May 2021 • 4:58pm
B.1.617.2 has become the newest ‘variant of concern’ in the coronavirus pandemic
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The new wave of coronavirus in India has hit hard.
On Friday, Public Health England (PHE) upgraded the variant from “under investigation” to a “variant of concern”.
But what does this actually mean? Our Global Health Security team takes a look below.