A coronavirus variant first found in India is now officially a ‘variant of concern,’ the W.H.O. said.

By Carl Zimmer, Daniel E. Slotnik and Karan Deep Singh from NYT World https://ift.tt/3eA7Duv
via IFTTT Experts caution that it’s not yet clear just how much of a factor that the variant, B.1.617, has played in the catastrophic rise in cases in India, which are likely undercounted.