{"id":75905,"date":"2021-06-23T12:42:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-23T09:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.163.207.100\/~timesku1\/news\/?p=75905"},"modified":"2021-06-23T12:46:46","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T09:46:46","slug":"india-says-covid-delta-plus-variant-of-concern-22-cases-found","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timeskuwait.com\/news\/india-says-covid-delta-plus-variant-of-concern-22-cases-found\/","title":{"rendered":"India says COVID Delta Plus \u2018variant of concern\u2019, 22 cases found"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India has declared a new coronavirus variant to be of concern after nearly two dozen cases had been detected across the country so far.<\/p>\n<p>The variant AY.1, identified locally as Delta Plus and first identified in Europe, has been found in at least 22 cases across Maharashtra, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh states, India\u2019s health ministry said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-on\">\n<p>The ministry said Delta Plus showed increased transmissibility and advised the three states to increase testing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBased on the recent findings of INSACOG (Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortia), the health ministry has alerted and advised Maharashtra, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh regarding the Delta Plus variant of COVID-19 found in these states,\u201d a ministry statement said.<\/p>\n<p>INSACOG is a consortium of India\u2019s premier medical and scientific bodies, including the Indian Council of Medical Research and the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.<\/p>\n<p>The consortium is tasked with not just the whole genome sequencing of the virus, but also with giving timely inputs on appropriate public health response measures to be adopted by the states.<\/p>\n<p data-inc=\"1\">Reporting from capital New Delhi, Al Jazeera\u2019s Elizabeth Puranam said Indian health officials have identified three characteristics of the Delta Plus variant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first is increased transmissibility, the second is that it binds more to the receptors of lung cells, and also there is a potential reduction in antibody response,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Delta Plus variant has been formed due to a mutation of the Delta strain or B.1.617.2 variant, which was first found in India and believed to be the reason behind a vicious second wave of the virus in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Health experts have warned that the Delta Plus variant may trigger a third COVID-19 wave in India.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the country on Wednesday reported 50,848 new coronavirus infections and 1,358 deaths over the past 24 hours, health ministry data showed. The South Asian nation\u2019s total infections now stand at more than 30 million and the death toll is 390,660.<\/p>\n<div id=\"postup-article\">\u201cIf there is any good news in India at the moment, it is that the second wave which saw more than 180,000 deaths, most of them in April and May, has tapered off and cases have declined,\u201d Puranam said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #111111; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 22px;\">20 percent of US infections<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>India\u2019s health ministry also said the Delta Plus variant has also been found in at least nine countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, Russia, India, Portugal, Switzerland, Nepal and China.<\/p>\n<div id=\"aljazeera_incontent_dynamic2\" class=\"fs-dynamic\" data-slot=\"complete\" data-freestar-ad=\"__728x90  __336x280\" data-google-query-id=\"CNDdoP-7rfECFQqfhQodeZ4P0Q\">\n<p data-inc=\"2\">The Delta variant of the coronavirus now represents more than 20 percent of infections in the US in the last two weeks, or double what it was when the Centers for Disease Control last reported on the variant\u2019s prevalence.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Anthony Fauci, the country\u2019s top infectious disease expert, warned that the US could be following the UK\u2019s course, where the variant has become the dominant strain due to its rapid spread among youth.<\/p>\n<p>Fauci says indications are that the COVID-19 vaccines remain effective against the variant.<\/p>\n<p>The variant is accounting for half of new infections in regions including Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>SOURCE:\u00a0AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India has declared a new coronavirus variant to be of concern after nearly two dozen cases had been detected across the country so far. 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