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As per the Union health ministry, the presence of foreign mutant variants of Covid-19 in the country is low. (Photo: PTI)

COVID-19 situation going from bad to worse: Centre

271 deaths and 56,211 cases were detected in the last 24 hours

31 March 2021 6:52 AM IST

The arrival of the latest South African variant indicates that India has, at present, all the three variants: B.1.1.7 which was first found in the UK; B.1.351, which is now spreading in South Africa; and P.1, discovered in Brazil. (AFP PHOTO /NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES/HANDOUT)

AA Edit | Covid-19 variants: India not out of the woods yet

Experts and scientists fear that all three South African, UK and Brazil variants have a tendency to spread faster than...

19 Feb 2021 4:12 AM IST