Centre on Thursday informed that about 300 cases of delta plus variant of COVID-19 have been found in India. It further noted that vaccine has been found to be effective against the strain. “It has been some months since the isolation of the Delta plus variant.
Earlier, we found 60-70 cases, now there are around 300 cases of Delta plus, and Delta plus virus has been isolated and vaccine efficacy has been tested against it. Vaccine is found to be effective against Delta plus too,” ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava said in a press briefing.
A viral variant of the coronavirus, Delta Plus, was identified on June 11 and was classified as a variant of concern. In the press conference, Centre also warned that the second wave of coronavirus infection in India was not yet over.
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The number of active cases has increased to 3,89,583 and comprise 1.19 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 97.48 per cent, ministry said.
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