COVID: W.H.O. Warns That Variant Found in India May Be Highly Contagious
Scientists in the U.K. now say that one of the variants from India, known as B.1.617.2, is highly contagious and likely more transmissible than the variant from the U.K., B.1.1.7.
"Transmission of this variant is currently faster than that of the B.1.1.7 variant," the U.K.'s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies wrote Friday in a document. "It is a realistic possibility that it is as much as 50% more transmissible."
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