Delta Plus COVID cases in India, the Centre on Tuesday said the variant has been detected in 86 samples in the country, including 34 in Maharashtra.
Elaborating on the matter during a routine press conference regarding COVID situation in India, NCDC Director Dr SK Singh said, the variants of concern that we monitor are Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and Delta Plus.
There are two variants under investigation - Kappa and B1617.3. We were doing two kinds of surveillance - to monitor variants of concern (coming from outside) and to monitor impact of Delta variant in country.
Today, we need to look for new mutants because they can reach anywhere any time, he added. He further explained that the World Health Organization (WHO) came out with a