In June, the Indian government announced that they have detected an offshoot of the Delta variant, which they named the Delta Plus variant. The Delta variant was first found in India and has been attributed to the surge in cases during the second wave of Covid-19 in the country. 

What do we know about the Delta variant and how much should we be worried about the Delta plus variant? To know more, Suno India’s Menaka Rao spoke to Dr Shahid Jameel, an internationally acclaimed virologist and the director of Trivedi School of Biosciences at Ashoka University, in Sonipat, Haryana.

Additional reading:

INSACOG Bulletin 18 June, 2021 
INSACOG Weekly Bulletin June 28, 2021
Delta and Delta Plus Variants: Frequently Asked Questions
Covid: Cases in UK rise above 30,000 for first time since January
2 more cases of Delta plus variant in MP

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