India warns of Delta Plus variant of coronavirus, more contagious and aggressive than original

While the Delta variant of covid-19 continues to cause concern and alert among epidemiologists, a mutation would form a new strain known as Delta Plus.

The experts began to identify the first cases of this variant, also known as ‘AY.1’, in the Asian country.

Dr Sujeet Singh, director of the National Center for Disease Control, New Delhi, noted that They have detected between 15 and 20 cases of Delta Plus in different states.

“We need to watch it closely, although Delta is still the dominant and most powerful variant at this time.”, he said.

Authorities have warned that the Delta plus -mutation of the Delta B.1.617.2 variant- may be more contagious than the original, cause more serious illness or prevent the action of vaccines and antibodies.

The transmissibility Yes gravity of this mutation under study in the laboratories of Insacog (India SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortia). According to the aforementioned media, it is believed that it may have arrived in late May from Europe, although nothing has been confirmed as of yet. In this sense, the specialist indicated that samples from previous months are being analyzed to find out whether there were already cases in March or April.

“We are also looking at retrospective samples. We started to analyze the clinical details to better understand them “Dr Singh pointed out.

India remains second country with most disclosed cases of the coronavirus after the United States.

According to the latest official part, the total number of people infected since the start of the pandemic it topped 29.8 million and more than 386,000 people have died from the disease.