Representative image: Reuters The World Health Organisation (WHO), this week, has named a new ‘variant of interest’ of coronavirus named ‘Mu variant’. It is said to be found in Columbia in January 2021 and has also been detected in about 39 other countries so far. As per the findings (as quoted in the Indian Express), … Read more
New Covid variant of interest for WHO The World Health Organisation is closely monitoring another Covid-19 variant, termed as Mu or B.1.621 that might emerge as a variant of concern in recent future as it showed signs of possible resistance to vaccines. Where had the new Mu variant originated The variant of interest was first … Read more
The Lambda variant is yet to be detected in India, with Israel being the only country in Asia to have reported it so far. (Picture courtesy: Indian Express) As the world comes to grips with the Delta variant of the coronavirus wreking havoc and spreading infections at an exponential rate, another variant is starting to give headaches … Read more