22 cases of Delta Plus variant reported in India, Centre's advisory to three states

Government on Tuesday said that the Delta plus mutation is present in nine countries including India, which has 22 cases.

In India, cases of the Delta Plus variant have surfaced in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri and Jalgaon, parts of Kerala and Madhya Pradesh.

The head of the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration, Dr. VK Paul informed that the Centre has sent an advisory to these states about their public health response, adding that this small number should not be allowed to take a bigger form.

Dr Paul said the Delta Plus was now in the US, UK, Portugal, Switzerland, Japan, Poland, Russia and China besides India. 

He reiterated that Delta Plus is currently ‘a variant of interest, not variant of concern’.

The Delta variant, the origin of this mutation, is in 80 countries.