Tuesday, 11 May 2021

PRO/AH/EDR> COVID-19 update (166): B.1.617 reclass., Africa, Pfizer adolescents, Taiwan, WHO

COVID-19 -- China
- A World Health Organization official said on [Mon 10 May 2021] it is reclassifying the highly contagious triple-mutant COVID-19 variant spreading in India as a "variant of concern," indicating that it's become a global health threat.
- Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO's technical lead for COVID -19, said the agency will provide more details in its weekly situation report on the pandemic Tue [11 May] but added that the variant, known as B.1.617, has been found in preliminary studies to spread

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