Covid-19 Indian variant: In India, triple mutants of corona virus are spreading all over the world. The Indian variant of the corona virus has been confirmed in dozens of countries of the world. The World Health Organization has given this information on Wednesday. According to the news agency AFP, the UN Health Agency says that the B.1.617 variant is responsible for the fastest growing cases of infection in India. It was first found in India in October 2020. WHO has stated that now the B.1.617 variant of COVID-19 has been found in more than 4500 samples uploaded in an open access database from 44 countries in all 6 regions of WHO.
Indian variant has the most patients in Britain
In a weekly epidemiological update on the corona epidemic, the WHO said that there have been reports of cases in 5 additional countries. Apart from India, the most patients of this variant have been found in Britain. In India, the graph of infection cases started going up sharply since last March. Earlier this week, the institution described this variant as a ‘variant of Concern’.
Earlier, other variants of COVID-19 found in Britain, Brazil and South Africa were included in this list. These variants were believed to be more dangerous than the actual ones. Because they can either spread rapidly or are also able to escape vaccine safety. WHO stated that B.1.617 was added to the list because it looked more contagious than the actual virus.
Is the threat to the whole world
B.1.617, a triple mutant of the corona virus, has been identified in India. Triple mutation means that the three different strains of the corona virus have combined and changed into a new variant. According to a report, the World Health Organization (WHO) believes that triple mutants of corona virus in India have become a threat not only here but to global health. Maria Van Kerkhov, WHO’s technical head for COVID-19, said that the new variant of Corona in India, B.1.617, is more dangerous than before.
Spreads easily
It has been observed in the study that B.1.617 spreads more easily than before. In some cases it has also been seen that it has also been able to avoid the protection provided by the vaccine. It was found in the study that this variant is not only spreading rapidly, but it is also engulfing children. Scientists believe that even triple mutants will have some ability to dodge the naturally occurring immune system against the corona virus in the body.
(Note: input from news agency AFP as well)
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