Indian double mutant variant of Covid-19 less severe for vaccinated: Study

The B.1.617 variant first emerged in Maharashtra towards the end of 2020 and has spread throughout India and to at least 40 countries

The Indian double mutant variant of coronavirus — B.1.617 — that has been termed as a variant of concern by the World Health Organization is moderately resistant to antibodies and is highly transmissible but has low severity among those who are vaccinated, a molecular study has said.
 
The study published by Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortia along with the scientists of the Cambridge University in the UK in the bioRxiv, an open access preprint server, “Extensive vaccination will likely protect against moderate to severe disease and will reduce the transmission of B.1.617 given the in vitro neutralisation data we and