1) The complex interplay of mutant strainsIn late March, the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) announced that a new variant had been identified in samples of saliva taken from people in Maharashtra, Delhi and Punjab.
The genome sequencing carried out by Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG) identified two important mutations in the variant dubbed as “double mutant".“A new double mutant has emerged in India and is reported in 15-20 per cent of cases analysed from Maharashtra.