How much of a threat is the ‘Indian’ COVID-19 variant?
The highly transmissible strain is set to become dominant in the UK
Scientists have identified a so-called double mutant variant of SARS-CoV-2 emerging from coronavirus-ravaged India, which has concerned UK authorities enough to recast their vaccination strategy.
Key advisers in the UK predict the B.1.617.2 variant, first identified in the state of Maharashtra in India’s west, will usurp the so-called UK variant B.1.1.7 and become dominant.
