India detects novel coronavirus variant
NEW DELHI, March 24 (Reuters) - India's health ministry said on Wednesday that a novel variant of the coronavirus had been detected in the country in addition to many other variants of concern (VOCs) also found abroad.
"Though VOCs and a new double mutant variant have been found in India, these have not been detected in numbers sufficient to either establish a direct relationship or explain the rapid increase in cases in some States," the health ministry said in a statement. (Reporting by Krishna N. Das and Sachin Ravikumar; Editing by Kim Coghill)
