Coronavirus: ‘Double mutant’ Covid variant found in India
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(Worthy News) – A new “double mutant” variant of the coronavirus has been detected from samples collected in India.
Officials are checking if the variant, where two mutations come together in the same virus, may be more infectious or less affected by vaccines.
Some 10,787 samples from 18 Indian states also showed up 771 cases of known variants – 736 of the UK, 34 of the South African and one Brazilian. [ Source: BBC (Read More…) ]
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