Of 15,000 virus sequences, 11% comprise of UK, SA and Brazil variants; UK strain dominant in India | India News
NEW DELHI: With six variants of concern (VOC) of coronavirus that is dominating global topography currently, India is grappling with three particular variants, i.e. the UK, Brazil, and South Africa, since the second Covid-19 wave struck the country. The lineages B.1.1.7 (called UK variant), B.1.351 (South Africa variant), and P.1 (Brazil variant) have been detected in India. Last year at the time when the virus broke its loose pan-India, Maharashtra was hit badly with most reported cases of which almost close to 20 per cent cases were showing the trace of 'double mutant' - an Indian variant...