Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya says government panel looking into new Delta subvariant

The U.K. Health Security Agency said last week that it was investigating AY.4.2 as it was possibly more transmissible than Delta, though there was no evidence that it caused more severe disease or rendered vaccines ineffective.

Reuters

October 26, 2021 / 13:33 IST

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.

India’s health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Tuesday that a government panel of experts was looking into a Delta coronavirus subvariant, AY.4.2, that has been detected in the United Kingdom.

The U.K. Health Security Agency said last week that it was investigating AY.4.2 as it was possibly more transmissible than Delta, though there was no evidence that it caused more severe disease or rendered vaccines ineffective.

Reuters

first published: Oct 26, 2021 01:34 pm

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