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What We Know About India’s ‘Double Mutant’ Covid-19 Variant – The Wall Street Journal
New versions of the coronavirus took hold after the country relaxed its pandemic control measures
NEW DELHIScientists are trying to understand the role coronavirus variants, including a new one dubbed the double mutant, are playing in the worlds fastest-growing surge of Covid-19 cases in India.The flood of cases, which hit a new daily high on Friday, threatens to cripple the healthcare system in India, where hospitals in the hardest-hit cities have been running out of oxygen and turning away patients.Public-health experts say that the wave of infections appears to be driven by many of the same…
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