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Double mutant now most prevalent COVID-19 variant in India: report – Xinhua | English.news.cn – Xinhua

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NEW DELHI, April 17 (Xinhua) — The double mutated virus, B.1.617, is becoming the most prevalent among all the mutant COVID-19 variants in India, a local media report said Saturday.
The report quoted genome sequencing data submitted by Indian scientists to a global database as saying that the double mutation virus, which has been found in several countries, was the most common in the samples sequenced in the 60 days prior to April 2 at 24 percent.
“The B.1.617 variant, first detected in Maharashtra,…

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