New Covid-19 Delta 'Plus' Variant Cases Negligible: Odisha Top Health Official

The new variant of Covid-19 virus, being called as Delta 'Plus' is in negligible numbers in India. Chief of Odisha Directorate of Medical Education and Training (DMET), CBK Mohanty shared this information on Monday (Oct 25). The DMET Chief stated that currently only a few cases of the new variant have been detected in India. Meanwhile, even though in the UK the new strain has been termed as a 'variant of investigation', the WHO is yet to tag the variant as a 'variant of concern.'