Delta Plus Variant: The third wave of corona will come only from the Delta Plus variant?, the Delta Plus variant has been taken as a cause of concern. The government had put this variant in the category of ‘Variable of Interest’ on Tuesday, but after a few hours it had to be announced to put it in the Jyga Gambhir category of Variant of Concern. The detection of another variant of the corona virus is creating many apprehensions in the mind as the country is coming out of the outbreak of the second wave of the Covid-19 epidemic. You will also have many questions regarding Delta Plus. Let us know what information has been revealed about this variant so far …
What is this Delta Plus?
The delta variant (B.617.2) of the corona virus is causing concern not only in India but in all the countries of the world, till then it has become mutant and transformed into Delta Plus or AY.1 also. The addition of the K417N mutation to the spike of the delta variant causes the delta plus variant. K417N d. The beta variant of the corona virus found in Africa and the gamma variant found in Brazil have been found. However, scientists are keeping a constant eye on genome sequencing and a Genome Sequencing Bulletin may soon be issued regarding the delta plus variant.
What is meant by Variant of Concern, when is a virus placed in this category?
A mutation is classified from Variant of Interest to Variant of Concern when it confirms any of the following…
- When the infection capacity of mutant virus is very high and it can easily pass from one to another.
- Decreases the ability of antibodies to neutralize viruses.
- It also reduces the effect of treatment and vaccine.
- Not easily caught in the investigation and which could not be detected in the routine test.
Where are the patients of Delta Plus variant found in India?
Like Delta, cases of infection from Delta Plus have also been first found in India. According to the Union Health Ministry, 22 cases of Delta Plus variant have been reported in India, of which 16 are in Jalgaon and Ratnagiri in Maharashtra. Rest of the cases are in Kerala and Madhya Pradesh. Infected patients have been found in Palakkad and Pathanamthitta in Kerala while Bhopal and Shivpuri districts of MP. Actually, the positivity rate has been very high in the areas where patients of Delta Plus variant have been found.
How was the Delta Plus variant detected in India?
The Indian SARS Cove-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) detected the delta plus variant during genome sequencing of samples. The Indian SARS CoV-2 Genomics Consortium is a group of laboratories which was set up by the government on 25 December last year. INSACOG has since been sequencing the genome of the coronavirus and analyzing the virus and tracing the new forms of the virus thus found and their relationship to the pandemic. It has done gene sequencing of more than 45 thousand samples so far.
