India s Double Mutant Jumps To 10 Countries. All You Need To Know India s Double Mutant Jumps To 10 Countries. All You Need To Know The new variant, which has a so-called double mutation, is thought to be fueling India s deadlier new wave of cases that has made it the world s second worst-hit country, surpassing Brazil again, and has already begun to overwhelm its hospitals and crematoriums.
A health worker takes a swab sample under mobile phone torchlight during a power cut.
With India s daily tally of Covid-19 infections surging by records, public health experts worry that a new possibly more virulent coronavirus variant could be racing through the crowded nation of more than 1.3 billion people.
Apr 19, 2021
With India’s daily tally of COVID-19 infections surging by records, public health experts worry that a new possibly more virulent coronavirus variant could be racing through the crowded nation of more than 1.3 billion people.
The new variant, which has a so-called double mutation, is thought to be fueling India’s deadlier new wave of cases that has made it the world’s second worst-hit country, surpassing Brazil again, and has already begun to overwhelm its hospitals and crematoriums. India has reported more than 14.5 million COVID-19 cases so far and more than 175,600 fatalities.
“This is a variant of interest we are following,” Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s technical lead officer on COVID-19, told reporters Friday. “Having two of these mutations, which have been seen in other variants around the world, are concerning,” she said, adding that there was a similarity with mutations that increase transmission as well as r
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(Bloomberg) With India’s daily tally of Covid-19 infections surging by records, public health experts worry that a new possibly more virulent coronavirus variant could be racing through the crowded nation of more than 1.3 billion people.
The new variant, which has a so-called double mutation, is thought to be fueling India’s deadlier new wave of cases that has made it the world’s second worst-hit country, surpassing Brazil again, and has already begun to overwhelm its hospitals and crematoriums. India has reported more than 14.5 million Covid cases so far and more than 175,600 fatalities.
With India’s daily tally of Covid-19 infections surging by records, public health experts worry that a new – possibly more virulent – coronavirus variant could be racing through the crowded nation of more than 1.3 billion people.
The new variant, which has a so-called double mutation, is thought to be fueling India’s deadlier new wave of cases that has made it the world’s second worst-hit country, surpassing Brazil again, and has already begun to overwhelm its hospitals and crematoriums. India has reported more than 14.5 million Covid cases so far and more than 175,600 fatalities.
“This is a variant of interest we are following,” Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s technical lead officer on Covid, told reporters Friday. “Having two of these mutations, which have been seen in other variants around the world, are concerning,” she said, adding that there was a similarity with mutations that increase transmission as well as reduce neutralization, pos
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