Health experts have declared the coronavirus mutation in India as a "variant of concern".

The World Health Organization in Geneva stated that the B.1.617 variant circulating in India is more contagious and might also have increased resistance to vaccine protections. WHOs COVID-19 lead, Maria Van Kerkove, said that they have classified this as a variant of concern at the global level.

Meanwhile, the virus has been surging in several countries and the death toll due to the pandemic stands at around 3.3 million worldwide. However, rapid vaccination programs have enabled some of the affluent nations to start moving towards normality… (ET Healthworld – AFP, May 11, 2021)