What is B.1.617, recently seen in news?

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 10 April 2021

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.

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