Indian Double Mutant Variant

Staff members talk outside booths where people receive a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at a vaccination center, during a government-organized visit, in Beijing, China, April 15, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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China detects 18 cases of double mutant variant from India

China’s CDC Weekly has reported that recently three Chinese nationals tested positive after they returned to the southwest city of Chongqing after returning from India via Kathmandu

A woman checks the temperature of a voter before he casts his vote at a polling booth during the first phase of the West Bengal state election in Purulia district, India, March 27, 2021. Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri
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New coronavirus variant emerges in West Bengal

India has begun culling birds to control the spread of the virus. Photo: ANI via BBC
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'Double mutant' most common variant now: India's genome data

FILE PHOTO: A health worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) collects a sample using a swab from a woman at a local health centre to conduct tests for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), amid the spread of the disease, in New Delhi, India July 8, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File photo
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‘India’s double mutant could be considered a variant of concern’