Watch | Worst of COVID-19 May Be Over in India: Virologist Shahid Jameel
Jameel said the mutation being seen in the UK may already be present in India.
A man wearing a protective mask walks past a mural of frontline workers amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai, India, December 21, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas/File photo
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In an interview that both strikes a note of reassurance as well as possibly ring a few alarm bells, Indiaâs top virologist has said of the COVID-19 situation in the country: âI do broadly agree the worst may be over for India.â However, Professor Shahid Jameel has also said that not only is it possible that the new mutant strain discovered in Britain âmight already be here in Indiaâ but, more importantly, âit could also have independently developed hereâ. As he explained âthe selection pressures responsible for this mutation of the virus may be here in our country as
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