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Published Monday, May 10, 2021 11:40AM EDT Last Updated Monday, May 10, 2021 12:29PM EDT GENEVA, May 10 (Reuters) The World Health Organziation said on Monday that the coronavirus variant first identified in India last year was being classified as a variant of global concern, with some preliminary studies showing that it spreads more easily. The B.1.617 variant is the fourth variant to be designated as being of global concern and requiring heightened tracking and analysis. The others are those first detected in Britain, South Africa and Brazil. We are classifying this as a variant of concern at a global level, Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO technical lead on COVID-19, told a briefing. There is some available information to suggest increased transmissibility. ....
WHO classifies B1617 variant, first identified in India, as global variant of concern The coronavirus variant first identified in India last year is now being classified as a variant of global concern, with some preliminary studies showing that it spreads more easily, the World Health Organziation said on Monday. Social Sharing Thomson Reuters · Posted: May 10, 2021 2:56 PM ET | Last Updated: May 10 COVID-19 cases have been spiralling out of control in India, where this variant was first discovered, and the latest wave has already overwhelmed hospitals. (Anindito Mukherjee/Getty Images) The coronavirus variant first identified in India last year is now being classified as a variant of global concern, with some preliminary studies showing that it spreads more easily, the World Health Organziation said on Monday. ....
Reuters Health News Summary New U.S. COVID weekly cases fall to lowest since September New cases of COVID-19 in the United States fell for a fourth week in a row, dropping 17% last week to just under 290,000, the lowest weekly total since September, according to a Reuters analysis of state and county data. Deaths from COVID-19 fell 1.3% to 4,756 in the week ended May 9, the fewest deaths in a week since July. Florida releases genetically modified mosquitoes in hopes to reduce spread of disease Genetically modified mosquitoes have been released for the first time in the United States, taking flight in the Florida Keys in a pilot program intended to reduce the spread of deadly diseases such as dengue, yellow fever and the Zika virus. After an odyssey spanning more than a decade to secure regulatory approval, British-based biotechnology firm Oxitec, along with the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD)launched the project in hope of reducing the Aedes aeg ....
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The coronavirus is unlikely to have leaked from a Chinese lab and is more likely to have jumped to humans from an animal, a World Health Organization team has concluded, an expert said Tuesday. ....