Indian COVID-19 variant found in 44 countries, all regions: WHO
09:02 UTC+8, 2021-05-12
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The WHO said on Wednesday that a variant of COVID-19 behind the acceleration of India's explosive outbreak has been found in dozens of countries all over the world.
09:02 UTC+8, 2021-05-12
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The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that a variant of COVID-19 behind the acceleration of India's explosive outbreak has been found in dozens of countries all over the world.
The UN health agency said the B.1.617 variant of COVID-19, first found in India in October, had been detected in sequences uploaded to the GISAID open-access database "from 44 countries in all six WHO regions," adding it had received "reports of detections from five additional countries."
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Factfile on the Indian COVID-19 variant, updated with what we know so far as of May 10
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