COVID-19 variant of serious public health implications has been reported. Delhi was among the most badly affected cities in the country during the peak of the second Covid wave when hospital beds were hard to find and patients died because of a lack of oxygen.
Meanwhile, the World Health Organization (WHO) will convene an emergency meeting today to discuss the potentially rapidly spreading COVID strain found in South Africa and Botswana A new variant of the novel coronavirus, B.1.1.529, was identified first in South Africa and Botswana earlier this week.
Many of the mutations indicate its high transmissibility and resistance to vaccines, the strain has more changes in the spike protein than all other COVID-19 variants, the Russian news