What is B.1.617, recently seen in news?
A. Asteroid
B, Minisatellite
C. Malware
D. Double mutant Coronavirus
Explanation:
The “double mutant” virus that scientists had flagged on March 2021 as having a bearing on the spread of the pandemic in India, has a formal scientific classification: B.1.617. The variant is common in India and has a couple of defining mutations, E484Q and L425R that enable it to become more infectious and evade antibodies.
