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Can Covid-19 vaccines stop the double mutant variant? Here s what early research shows.
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Although the B.1.617, the coronavirus variant first identified in India, appears to be better than some other variants at evading antibody protections, preliminary research suggests that most currently available vaccines are highly effective at shielding people infected with the variant from severe infection or death.
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World Health Organization (WHO) last Monday classified B.1.617 as a variant of concern. The variant is the fourth to receive the designation from WHO, joining the B.1.1.7 variant first identified in Great Britain, the B.1.351 variant first found in South Africa, and the P.1 variant first identified in Brazil.
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Amit Sonawane, 35, an engineer at a district health office, gets his first vaccine dose in Palghar, India.
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The world has a new coronavirus mutant spreading from one continent to another and it looks like a tough one to stop.
The World Health Organization declared Monday the variant that emerged in India, known as B.1.617, is officially a “variant of concern.”
Several experts have suggest that the double mutant variant accelerated India s second Covid wave.
NEW DELHI: Many variants of the Covid-19 virus are in circulation in India and other parts of the world.
Viruses mutate all the time as part of the evolutionary biology. Since its outbreak last year, Covid-19 virus too has undergone several changes in its genetic code. While some mutations have weakened it, others have made it stronger, i.e., more infectious.
Experts have said that the massive surge in cases during India s second wave was triggered predominantly by the double-mutant variant found in the country. This variant has now surfaced in other parts of the world as well.