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Updated Monday, 26April2021-09: 26
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India Humanitarian catastrophe: 243 Covid-19 cases per minute and mass cremations on the streets
India Second devastating wave: "We are running out of oxygen"
The
Indian variant
of the coronavirus, named
B.1.617
, was discovered on October 5 in
Maharashtra
, the state in which
Mumbai
is located
.
Two mutations are known in the
Spike protein
:
E484Q and L452R
.
It is the first time that both appear in a single strain.
It is feared that the variant could also represent a danger for other countries, so much so that
Italy
has banned those who have been in
India
in the last 14 days
from entering the country
.
To date there are no conclusive studies that
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