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The Eta variant or lineage B.1.525, also called VUI-21FEB-03 [30] (previously VUI-202102/03) by Public Health England (PHE) and formerly known as UK1188, [30] 21D [75] or 20A/S:484K, [97] does not carry the same N501Y mutation found in Alpha, Beta and Gamma, but carries the same E484K-mutation as found in the Gamma, Zeta, and Beta variants, and ...
By late April, India led the world in new and active cases. On 30 April 2021, it became the first country to report over 400,000 new cases in a 24-hour period. [ 15 ] [ 6 ] Experts stated that the virus may reach an endemic stage in India rather than completely disappear; [ 16 ] in late August 2021, Soumya Swaminathan said India may be in some ...
Delta (B.617.2) First identified in India in late 2020, the delta variant soon spread across the globe. It became the dominant variant of SARS-CoV-2 until the emergence of omicron in December 2021.
However, the Delta variant is only one of three variants of the lineage B.1.617, all of which were first detected in India. [32] At the end of May 2021, the WHO assigned the label Delta to lineage B.1.617.2 after introducing a new policy of using Greek letters for variants of concern and variants of interest.
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India reported 329,942 new confirmed cases, the lowest number of new cases since 26 April, along with 3,876 deaths. [74] The SARS-CoV-2 variant known as B.1.617 , the triple-mutant spreading mainly in India, [ 75 ] was declared a "variant of concern" by the World Health Organization , [ 76 ] [ 77 ] indicating that it is perceived as a "global ...
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Lineage B.1.617 is a lineage of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. [1] It first came to international attention in late March 2021 after the newly established INSACOG performed genome sequencing on positive samples throughout various Indian states.