23 May 2021, 10:05 pm India has clarified that there are no "India variants" of COVID-19. It wants social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter to remove or censor posts that pertain to false claims. While it is true that India has been hit with one of the most grievous cases of COVID-19 in this pandemic, it would like to correct claims of a new strain. (Photo : Anindito Mukherjee/Getty Images) NEW DELHI, INDIA - MAY 23: Patients who are tested positive of the Covid-19 coronavirus take rest inside a isolation / Covid care center set up by a Charitable institute with the support from the Delhi Government in the wake of rising cases of the Covid contagion on May 23, 2021 in New Delhi, India. India's prolonged and devastating wave of Covid-19 infections has gripped cities and overwhelmed urban health resources, but it has also reached deep into rural India, where the true extent of devastation may never be known because of the lack of widespread testing or reliable data.