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WHO Classifies Fast-Spreading Covid Strain From India as 'Variant of Concern'
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May 10, 2021
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1:00Now PlayingWorld Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday COVID-19 cases and deaths have recently declined in most regions, “but it’s an unacceptably high plateau, with more than 5.4 million reported cases and almost 90 thousand deaths last week.”
WHO’s COVID-19 Technical lead, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove said, “in consultation with our virus evolution working group and our EPI teams and our lab teams internally, there is some available information to suggest increased transmissibility of B.1.617. There is a preprint that is out. So, this is a paper that has not undergone peer review, and it's on a limited number of patients suggesting that there is some reduced neutralization. And as such, we are classifying this as a variant of concern at the global level."
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