Several cases of ‘Delta Plus’ variant of coronavirus discovered in Israel

Several cases of the Delta Plus variant of coronavirus have been discovered in Israel.

The strain is a sublineage of the highly contagious Delta variant first identified in India. It has a further mutation in the virus’s spike protein. It is not currently known whether this variant is more dangerous or more contagious than Delta.

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