Health
India’s suffering isn’t just the fault of a new Covid variant – The Guardian
Instead of sequencing or data collection, the government is offering patriotic bluster, says the data journalist Rukmini S

OpinionInstead of sequencing or data collection, the government is offering patriotic bluster in the face of this deadly second wave
Thu 20 May 2021 12.45 BST
The variant that threatens the British summer has already done far more damage in India. In October last year a sample from the western state of Maharashtra containing what would later be identified as the B.1.617.3 variant was sequenced and uploaded to Gisaid, a global database of Covid-19 samples from across the world. The variant had multiple…
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