NEW DELHI — India has detected a new “double mutant variant” of the novel coronavirus or SARS-CoV-2, the health ministry said Wednesday, adding to concern as the government struggles with the highest single-day tally of new infections and deaths this year.
Genome sequencing and analysis of samples from Maharashtra state found mutations in the virus that do not match previously catalogued “variants of concern” (VOC), the ministry said in a statement.
Maharashtra is one of India’s worst-affected states but the ministry said it was not clear if the new variant was causing an upsurge there or in other states.
“Though VOCs and a new double mutant variant have been found in Indi…
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