Live World Health News LIVE Updates: Deadlier than COVID, White Plaque Virus detected in US, over 1,000 infected; New COVID variant can infect fully vaccinated; Kerala on Nipah alert
The new COVID variant is characterised by 70 to 75 mutations in the spike protein, the part of the virus responsible for entering human cells. These changes are believed to contribute to what researchers describe as "immune escape characteristics," meaning the virus may partially evade protection from prior infection or vaccination.























