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While delta and omicron have made headlines, there have been more than a dozen COVID variants since the start of the pandemic.

A new COVID-19 variant that has twice as many mutations as the Delta variant has been spotted in Botswana, South Africa, and Hong Kong.

Comments The World Health Organiaation said on Tuesday, 1 June, that only one strain of the COVID-19 variant, which was first found in India, is being now considered "of concern", news agency AFP reported. Scientifically nomenclatured as B.1.617, the variant of the coronavirus is considered as the cause for the massive second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The B.1.617 variant has also been labelled as the “triple mutant variant” as it has three different lineages. The WHO, however, in its latest announcement, has said that only the second of the three strains – B.1.617.2...

Singapore is reviewing its travel bubble with Hong Kong as it cracks down in response to a flareup linked to the variant first identified in India. Vietnam orders strict border controls. Sydney identifies a new case.

Singapore Weighs H.K. Bubble; India Loan Relief: Virus Update Bloomberg 29 mins ago © Bloomberg Virus in the BJP Heartland as Virus Crisis Hurts Modi (Bloomberg) -- Singapore is reviewing its travel bubble with Hong Kong as it cracks down in response to a flareup linked to the variant first identified in India. Vietnam orders strict border controls. Sydney identifies a new case. Popular Searches Deaths from Covid-19 in India may double from current levels, new research suggests. India’s central bank announced new loan-relief measures and pledged to inject $6.8 billion of liquidity to c...