UT Health expert says triple mutant variant highlights importance of vaccination

by SBG San Antonio Staff Reports

Wed, May 12th 2021, 12:36 PM UTC

FILE - In this May 10, 2021, file photo, a man places wooden logs on the pyre during the cremation of people who died of COVID-19 at the Seemapuri crematorium in New Delhi, India. The World Health Organization said Monday, May 10, that a worrisome variant was first detected in India may spread more easily. Scientists are still trying{ }to figure out if it resulted in the terrifying surge of infections in the nation, and looking to see if this could this happen elsewhere. (AP Photo/Ishant Chauhan, File)

FILE - In this May 10, 2021, file photo, health workers and volunteers in personal protective suits wait to receive patients outside a COVID-19 hospital that was set up at a Sikh Gurdwara in New Delhi, India. The World Health Organization said Monday, May 10, that a worrisome variant was first detected in India may spread more easily. Scientists are still trying{ }to figure out if it resulted in the terrifying surge of infections in the nation, and looking to see if this could this happen elsewhere. (AP Photo/Ishant Chauhan, File )

FILE - In this May 6, 2021, file photo, an Indian health worker checks body temperature of a man during a door-to-door survey being conducted as a precaution against COVID-19 in Hyderabad, India. The World Health Organization said Monday, May 10, that a worrisome variant was first detected in India may spread more easily. Scientists are still trying{ }to figure out if it resulted in the terrifying surge of infections in the nation, and looking to see if this could this happen elsewhere. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A., File)

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FILE - In this May 10, 2021, file photo, a man places wooden logs on the pyre during the cremation of people who died of COVID-19 at the Seemapuri crematorium in New Delhi, India. The World Health Organization said Monday, May 10, that a worrisome variant was first detected in India may spread more easily. Scientists are still trying to figure out if it resulted in the terrifying surge of infections in the nation, and looking to see if this could this happen elsewhere. (AP Photo/Ishant Chauhan, File)

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