: Covid-19: Vaccines, diagnostics effective against variant originated in India, says WHO #IndiaNEWS The World Health Organization on Tuesday said that vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics continue

Covid-19: Vaccines, diagnostics effective against variant originated in India, says WHO #IndiaNEWS
The World Health Organization on Tuesday said that vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics continue to be effective against the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus, which was first detected in India, ANI reported. The health body’s representative to India, Roderico H Ofrin made the remark based on discussions with experts.The statement from Ofrin came a day after the WHO classified the B.1.617 variant, or the “double mutant??? strain as a variant of global concern. The WHO’s technical lead on Covid-19, Maria Van Kerkhove said there was information available to suggest “increased transmissibility??? of the variant.On Tuesday, Ofrin said that while the variant has showed signs of being more transmissible, it was not certain if it had played a role in the massive surge in coronavirus cases in India in the second wave of the pandemic.“There has been increase in detection of this variant along with an increase and surge in Covid-19 cases in India,??? Ofrin said. “However, the relative contribution in the rapid increase of this country remains unclear.???#WATCH | Based on what WHO knows as per discussions with experts globally, vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics continue to be effective against B.1.617 variant (of COVID-19), which WHO has classified as a variant of concern: WHO Representative to India, Dr Roderico...Read more

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