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Coronavirus variants are spreading in India — what scientists know so far

Variants including B.1.617 have been linked to India’s surge in infections. Researchers are hurrying to determine how much of a threat they pose.
  1. Gayathri Vaidyanathan
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Scientists are working to understand several coronavirus variants now circulating in India, where a ferocious second wave of COVID-19 has devastated the nation and caught authorities unawares. The country recorded nearly 400,000 new infections on 9 May, taking its total to more than 22 million (see ‘Surging cases of COVID-19’).

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Nature 593, 321-322 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01274-7

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