WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan warns a more contagious Covid-19 variant spreading in India could be dodging vaccine protections
Relatives wearing personal protective equipment attend the funeral of a man, who died from Covid-19, at a crematorium in New Delhi, on April 21, 2021.
New Delhi has struggled to contain the outbreak, which has overwhelmed its healthcare system, and many experts suspect the official death and case numbers are a gross underestimate. Several national health authorities, including in the United States and Britain, have meanwhile said they consider B.1.617 a variant of concern, and Swaminathan said she expected the WHO to soon follow suit.
But even as many in India felt the crisis was over, dropping mask-wearing and other protection measures, the virus was quietly spreading.'Taking off vertically'
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