vaccines are highly effective against this variant," said Samuel Scarpino, a co-founder of Global.health, an organization that tracks Covid cases and variants internationally. “But there are some states in the U.S.
with quite low vaccination coverage putting them at risk for potential outbreaks."The B.1.617 variant that has devastated India was first detected in the U.S.
between late February and late March of this year. On May 4, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designated B.1.617 as a variant of interest.