Reuters: India says new COVID variant is a concern

By Reuters.

Published June 22, 2021. Updated June 22 at 9:54 pm

A health worker collects a nasal swab sample from a woman during a COVID-19 coronavirus screening held in Amritsar on June 22, 2021.

Photo by AFP

BENGALURU – India on June 22 declared a new coronavirus variant to be of concern, and said nearly two dozen cases had been detected in three states.