The time is for concern in the world! The SARS-COV-2 is continuously matt. This natural process gives birth to the variants which themselves continue to mutate.
And for good reason, a new mutation has been detected on the Indian variant, more commonly known as variant delta or kappa.
In India, the health authorities have announced the identification of a new mutation in the Delta variant protein, they qualified this “increased” form as Delta Plus.
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The mutation in question has already observed in the beta variant or South African varying. And for the moment, the Delta Plus variant seems to circulate in the states of Kerala, Mahashrata and Madhya Pradesh where it was identified in 40 samples.
Scientific data on this Delta Muté variant do not allow, for the time being, whether it is more contagious or more lethal, or if it must also be considered as a worrying variant.
The question is all the more worrying since the Ministry of Health announced, last night, the detection of six cases of infection by the Indian strain of the coronavirus, specifying however that the sequencing operations continue until the final results of cases of infection by the Indian strain are known.
What about the Indian variant
The variant, called by the name of his line, b.1.617, was baptized Delta and Kappa. This variant was detected in western India last October. It is described as “double mutant” because it is notably carrying two worrying mutations in the advanced protein (“Spike”) of the Sars-Cov-2 virus.
Its characteristics make it fear that it is more “resistant” in the face of current vaccines against the COVVI-19, developed to recognize the SPIKE protein of the previous strains of the coronavirus.
It is also a more contagious variant, which facilitates an increase in the number of contaminations, at a time when many countries are trying to curb a third or a fourth wave of the epidemic.
60 times more contagious than the British strain
The Delta Plus, mutant from the Delta variant, was classified as “worrying” by the Indian health authorities insofar as it would have greater transmissibility, increased targeting of pulmonary cells and a reduction in the efficiency of antibodies.
Note that the Delta variant would be 60 times more contagious than its English counterpart. He rages in many countries in the world.
According to the WHO, the Indian variant is officially reported in more than 70 territories. The majority of cases are identified in India, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany and Singapore.
