Geneva: The World Health Organziation said on Monday that the B.1.617 variant first identified in India last year was being classified as a variant of global concern. "We classify it as a variant of concern at a global level," Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO technical lead on COVID-19, told a briefing. "There is some available information to suggest increased transmissibility." Indian coronavirus infections and deaths held close to record daily highs on Monday, increasing calls for the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lock down the world's second-most populous country. The WHO has said the predominant lineage of B.1.617 was first identified in India last December, although an earlier v
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