The \u201cdouble mutant\u201d 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Though these mutations have individually been found in several other coronavirus variants, the presence of both mutations together were first found in some coronavirus genomes from India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Certain variants of the coronavirus, for instance, B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 \u2014 have been termed the \u201cUnited Kingdom\u201d and \u201cSouth Africa\u201d variant, respectively, because they have mutations associated with large spikes in these countries or reduce the efficacy of vaccines and are termed \u201cvariants of concern (VOC)\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So far, only three global VOCs have been identified: the U.K. variant, the South African and the Brazilian (P.1) lineage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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