Double Mutant’ Coronavirus Variant Found In Bay Area That May Be Linked To India’s Recent Surge in Covid-19 Cases
In the United States, the researchers at Stanford University have detected a new form of the Coronavirus, whose emergence in India is coinciding with the surge in the country's COVID-19 cases. According to Stanford’s Clinical Virology Laboratory, which has developed tests to find out the existence of viruses already spreading around the world, as of now one confirmed case and seven presumed COVID-19 cases of the Indian variant were found in the San Francisco Bay Area. As reported, the concerning cases in the United States involve Stanford patients. Dr Ben Pinsky, medical director of the laboratory told The Mercury News that the recent finding has demonstrated the “rapid spread” of this Coronavirus variant. But needless to say, this discovery of the variant along with the growing number of other versions of the virus, comes as no shock to the experts as the viruses travel beyond the borders with the carriers. The researchers found the mutations by scanning viral genetic ...