Dikhyaa Mohanty 
The Mu variant of the coronavirus has now been detected in 40 nations across the world and Finland is the latest country to report. As per the reports, the Mu variant was classified as a ‘variant of interest’ by World Health Organization (WHO) last month.
Finnish virology professor Ilkka Julkunen stated that all variants that can evade protection conferred by a previous infection or vaccine-provided immunity are potentially worrying, or ones that they must monitor. That’s the case with the Mu variant as well.
Earlier WHO’s bulletin published that Mu has caused larger outbreaks in South America and Europe. Mu represents 39% of variants sequenced in Colombia and 13% in Ecuador.
But till now no case of My variant case has been detected in India. Indian Council of Medical Research Director-General Dr Balram Bhargav informed that the government is closely monitoring the new coronavirus variant.
