Fijian Ministry of Health reports its first six cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant originally detected in India, all of them detected in quarantine.
Portugal reports its first six cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant originally detected in India.
Iran reports its first three cases of the Lineage B.1.351 variant firstdiscoveredinSouthAfrica.TheHealthMinistry warnsof"harderdaysahead"asitispredicted thatthenumberofdeathsduetoCOVID-19willincrease.
Fiji reports its first six cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant originally detected in India.