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India: Only one strain of Covid-19 Delta variant is now 'of concern', says WHO AFP/Geneva Fie photo B.1.617 variant of the virus has been dubbed a triple mutant variant since it is split into three lineages The WHO said Tuesday that only one strain of the Covid-19 Delta variant first detected in India was now considered "of concern", while two other strains had been downgraded. The B.1.617 variant of the virus, which has in part been blamed for explosive outbreak in the country, has been dubbed a triple mutant variant since it is split into three lineages. The UN health agency last month decl...

Good to see you as well, jonathan. on the first question, i think the variant that we're all keeping a very close eye on is the b. 617 variant from india and cases are declining in india but they're still raging so we're watching that and we're watching especially, jonathan, in the uk, singapore, and places where that particular variant is now looking like it's going to become dominant and there are, again, like with the uk variant, early signs that it could be more infectious, more transmissible, so i think at the end of the day, the variants are what we all are kind of watching and keeping a...

Viral strain right now is that uk b. 117 variant but it is clear that fewer and fewer people are getting infected and fewer and fewer are getting it. but i'm not going to declare victory in the world has quieted down. too soon to do that. >> i want the bring jonathan lemire in for a question. >> dr. patel, good to see you again. you just mentioned the variant that is now taking center stage in the united states. hoping you can just give us an update on two things. what other variants? are we seeing new ones emerge, perhaps, elsewhere in the globe that we should be concerned about here in the u...