Delta Plus COVID variant detected in 5 countries

The Delta Plus coronavirus variant has been identified in five countries, Report informs referring to Russian media.

This COVID strain has been identified in the US, the UK, Germany, Nepal and Botswana.

At the end of March, a new variant of COVID with double mutation, also known as B.1.617, was discovered in India. This variant is more contagious than the ‘regular’ SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, first identified in the Chinese province of Wuhan.