Greetings friends of @Projet.HOPE, in this opportunity I will be socializing with all of you content related to the mutation rate that the Covid-19 variants are generating in India, the publication is oriented to describe the biological alterations that the coronavirus experiences in the geographical conditions of India, in addition to the levels of infestation and the high mortality rate that this country suffers since the arrival of the pandemic but in recent months has increased to alarming levels.

In genetics, mutation rate is known as the referential value of the frequency of new mutations in a gene or organism over time, this behavior occurs mainly due to the absence of natural or artificial mechanisms that produce antigens, i.e. when an individual does not produce antibodies similar to those of viruses, it triggers an increase in the rate of viral mutation.

Fig. 2 The Covid-19 mutation coded as P681R is one of the variants that has been causing most infections and deaths in India. Image of public domain, Author: Alexandra Koch, 2021

I wanted to describe the biological elements involved in the increase in the rate of viral mutation, in order to contextualize and generate a perspective of the serious situation currently suffered by citizens in India, considering that our brothers in India are currently registering the highest number of infections and deaths compared to the months following the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In this regard, it has been mentioned that the biological alterations that the coronavirus undergoes in India produce variants that invade the body's organs at a faster rate, in addition to evading the effectiveness of vaccines to the point of affecting the immune system of people who have already been vaccinated.

This unfortunate situation of infections and deaths at alarming levels in India has been related by the scientific community to the mutation coded as P681R, which according to experts is able to optimize the process of virus entry at the cellular level and increase its ability to invade tissues and organs.

In this regard, it is worth mentioning that as long as the World Health Organization does not establish effective mechanisms to control the virus, it will undoubtedly continue to generate random mutations and cause more deaths not only in India but also in any part of the world.

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES CONSULTED:

[1] WHO COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update. 2021. Article: Online access

[2] Gudrun H The COVID variant from India: What we know so far. 2021. Article: Online access

OBSERVATION

✔ The cover image was designed by the author: @lupafilotaxia, incorporating the public domain image background: Geralt, 2020

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