COVID-19: New Triple Mutant Variation Emerges In India A new variant of the novel coronavirus has emerged in India posing a new challenge in the ongoing fight against this deadly infectious disease. | 21 April 2021 11:34 AM GMT New Delhi- After the much dreaded double mutant variant, a new triple mutant variant has emerged in India. This has emerged as a brand new challenge in our fight against the ongoing second wave of the novel coronavirus adding to the already existing panic and mass hysteria. This triple variant is a combination of three different COVID strains fusing to form a new single variant. This new variant has been detected from various parts of the country.