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Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images A new coronavirus variant has been detected in India and northern California. It has a combination of mutations that may help it spread more quickly or evade vaccines.  But there s no evidence yet that the variant is doubly scary or doubly transmissible, an expert said. Another worrisome coronavirus variant has made its global debut. Scientists from the Indian state of Maharashtra identified a new strain two weeks ago that s linked to between 15% and 20% of cases there. The variant has earned the somewhat ominous nickname double mutant because it has an unprecedented combination of two mutations that may help it both attach better to human cells and hide from the immune system.

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