Massive numbers of new COVID–19 infections, not vaccines, are the main driver of new coronavirus variants

Variants have tended to have many of the same mutations that increase the amount of virus an infected person produces

How worried should you be about coronavirus variants? A virologist explains his concerns

While current vaccines may not prevent mild symptomatic COVID-19 caused by these variants, they will likely prevent moderate and severe disease, …

WHO begins monitoring two new variants of COVID-19 named BA.4 and BA.5

The move comes in the footsteps of the global health body declaring two more variants in circulation named XE and XD

COVID-19: ‘India reports first cases of double mutations per sample, their impact not clear yet’

DTE had reported how India sequenced only 1% of total positive sampels, to which NCDC said: We have already achieved basic objectives

COVID-19: Govt contradicts ‘media report’ on genome sequencing but fails to clarify total numbers

On June 6, the government said revised strategy would detect new variants; on September 6, it said the first strategy had served the purpose

Government experts hint variants responsible for COVID-19 case surge in India

India is not going to sequence 5 per cent samples due to high caseload, says National Centre for Disease Control

UK, South African, Brazilian: A virologist explains each COVID-19 variant, what they mean for the pandemic

The take-home message is that variants will emerge, and we need to closely monitor their spread