vaccines would be effective against it or not. The World Health Organization (WHO) and governments world over rushed to explain that there is a need to be vigilant but not panic.
Mint delves into the details of this mutant variant and its effect on the world.Also Read | How hunger came back to haunt IndiaIs there a more virulent strain?Over the last few weeks, there was a rapid rise in covid cases in southeast England, leading to epidemiological and virological investigations.
Analysis of the genetic material of the virus in a large proportion of the people in this region showed multiple mutations in the spike protein, through which the virus attaches itself to human cells, as well as those in other genomic regions.