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Variant Quiz

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  • What does the spike protein do?
    It is the part of the virus that attaches to the human cells
  • Where does the mutation occur in the virus?
    In the spike protein
  • Why had the prime minister of India been criticized?
    He has allowed big political gatherings and religious festivals.
  • What's the name of the vaccine developed in India that has been able to fight this variant?
    Covaxin
  • What does the article call a variant that can overpower any past immunity from natural infection?
    Escape variant
  • What does the term "variant of interest" mean?
    It means the mutations make the virus easier to spread.
  • This variant is more transmissible, what does that mean?
    It is easier to pass from human to human
  • What's the name for a public event in which many people contract the COVID-19 virus?
    A super-spreader event.
  • How many countries have the Indian variant?
    17