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New 'double mutant' strain of Covid-19 detected in India: Health Ministry

The double mutant strain is a combination of two variants - E484Q and L452R - both of which have been present in India for the past few months separately

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The double mutation causes immune escape, where the virus slips past the body’s immune defences and increases infectivity.

Ruchika Chitravanshi New Delhi
A new double mutant strain of coronavirus has been found in India that causes increased infectivity amid grave concerns over the surge in cases in Maharashtra and Punjab, health ministry officials said on Wednesday.
 
While the government said the surge was not linked to any of the mutations according to available data, the proportion of such cases had increased in Maharashtra, where more than 200 cases were detected with the double mutant strain. Delhi had nine such samples.
 
“There are many reasons for a surge and one of them is a large pool of susceptible cases. Wherever this

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