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B.1.617
India’s double mutant coronavirus strain has been named as B.1.167
Double mutation happens when two mutated variants of a virus come together to form a third variant.
The one reported in India is a combination of E484Q and L452R variants.
Currently, genome sequencing is being carried out on the latest samples of the double mutant variant.