Delta Plus Mutation

Syllabus- General Studies 3(science and technology) Bilateral, Regional and Global groupings and agreements involving India and affecting India’s interests.   Context Recently in India around 40 cases of the Delta coronavirus variant carrying a mutation that appears to make it more transmissible have been found, and states are advised to increase testing. What is Delta Plus? The variant, called “Delta Plus” in India, was first reported in a Public Health England bulletin on June 11. It is a sub-lineage of the Delta variantfirst detected in India and has acquired the spike protein mutation called K417N which is also found in the Beta variant first identified in....Read More