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After facing the shock of over 5,00,000 deaths during the previous COVID-19 era, is India equipped enough to face the new wave of the pandemic? The new challenge is knocking at the door with 1828 cases of the new COVID-19 variant.
The surge is rapid as there were only 257 active cases on May 19, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Kerala has reported a total of 727 cases as of today.
India had recorded two new covid variants, both under World Health Organisation (WHO) monitoring. As of now, the WHO classifies both LF.7 and NB.1.8 as Variants Under Monitoring, and not under Variants of Concern or Variants of Interest.
The Union Health Secretary, ...