Watch | As India Unlocks, Delta+ Variant Cases Are on the Rise

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Uploaded: 2021-06-28T18:20:38+05:30
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Description: Delta+ variant has already been notified as a 'variant of concern' by the Union government.

Delta+ variant has already been notified as a 'variant of concern' by the Union government.

Yaqut Ali

Delta+ variant has already been notified as a 'variant of concern' by the Union government.

watch as india unlocks delta variant cases are on the rise

As states across the country have been easing lockdown measures, the number of Delta+ variant cases have been rising. The Delta+ variant has already been notified as a "variant of concern" by the Union government. So far 11 states have reported COVID-19 cases relating to this particular variant.

Although the overall figure of COVID-19 cases have been declining in June, after it had spiked massively in the months of April and May, the rising number of Delta+ variant cases have become a cause of concern. Experts say if the situation persists chances are that it would advance the impending third wave.

In today's episode of COVID Bulletin, Yaqut Ali brings to the fore various aspects pertaining to the Delta+ variant and other COVID-19 related updates.

This article went live on June twenty-eighth, two thousand twenty one, at twenty minutes past six in the evening.

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