Why other African countries need to guard against South Africa COVID-19 variant

WHO and African Centres for Disease Control to strengthen genomic surveillance capacities

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

Dismal figures: ‘India sequenced less than 1% of total COVID-19 samples in nearly 3 months’

Lack of funds, difficulty in getting samples among reasons for poor numbers

Health ministry confirms 2 more coronavirus variants in India

Uptick in cases in 5 states cannot be linked to these variants as of now, said NITI Aayog member VK Paul