India's coronavirus infections top 24 million as mutant spreads across globe

[Klaralven]

India’s tally of coronavirus infections climbed past 24 million on Friday, amid reports that the highly transmissible variant first detected in the South Asian nation was spreading across the globe.

The B. 1.617 variant has been found in eight nations in the Americas, including Canada and the United States, said Jairo Mendez, an infectious diseases expert with the World Health Organization (WHO).

“These variants have a greater capacity for transmission, but so far we have not found any collateral consequences,” Mendez said. “The only worry is that they spread faster.”

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3133515/indias-coronavirus-infections-top-24-million-mutant-spreads

[superpatriotman]

1. Scary contagious...

About half of the nearly 150 passengers booked to return on Australia’s first repatriation flight from India were denied boarding because of positive test results, an Australian government official said.

[Demovictory9]

2. yeah

[MisterNiceKitty]

3. India has fully vaccinated only 1.8% of its 1.38 billion population till April 2021,

above quote per https://www.businesstoday.in/current/graphics/covid-19-vaccination-india-vs-the-world/story/438799.html

Why are people acting like it's over? This isn't over by a long shot.

Plus we still don't have the full story on how this all got started in the first place.

Then there's this:
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/sports/eight-yankees-test-positive-covid-post-vaccine-breakthrough-cases-n1267332

Anyway thanks for posting.