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3,029,815.0 As India faces a turbulent time handling increasingly new COVID-19 cases, news has emerged about a new lineage (B.1.618), which is being colloquially called the 'Bengal strain'. According to a report by TOI's Subhro Niyogi, experts say that this lineage may be capable of escaping a person’s immune surveillance, even if that person was earlier exposed to a virus without this lineage, and even if vaccinated. There has, however, been no research yet to either corroborate or dismiss the fears. Incidentally, the double mutant type (B.1.617) was only reported last month. “The propo...

A policeman asks people to wear protective face masks, in Kolkata. (PTI) KOLKATA: The Covid-19 virus that is doing the rounds in Bengal is increasingly being found to be an indigenous triple-mutation (B.1.618), only the second one identified from India after the double mutant type (B.1.617) reported last month. The “Bengal strain”, as a scientist has dubbed it, might be more infective, and — something that experts find particularly worrying — may be capable of escaping a person’s immune surveillance, even if that person was earlier exposed to a virus without this mutation, and even...

Coronavirus: Scientists believe the new surges globally are driven by new variants. (Representational) New Delhi: As India reports nearly three lakh cases and over 2,000 deaths in 24 hours, the biggest jump since the pandemic erupted, a new mutation in the COVID virus has emerged as the new challenge. After the double mutation, its now the triple mutation, meaning three different Covid strains combining to form a new variant, has been detected in parts of the country. States like Maharashtra, Delhi and West Bengal are believed to have cases driven by the triple mutant. Scientists believe the...

* Two of these triple mutant strains have been found in samples collected from Maharashtra, Delhi, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh. * Viruses mutate all the time, as part of evolutionary biology. Some mutations weaken the virus while others may make it stronger, enabling it to proliferate faster or cause more infections. * So far, India's health ministry has only acknowledged the presence of the “double mutant”. However, it has only been identified as a "variant of interest" and not a "variant of concern". * The mutated strains of the virus can be detected through genome sequencing of sam...