### [2021-05-13](/feed/2021/05/13/index.md)

##### COVID-19 pandemic
# Russia reports its first cases of the Lineage B.1.617 variant in 16 Indian students at Ulyanovsk State University. 

Russia has recorded its first cases of the variant of COVID-19 first found in India, Kommersant newspaper reported on Thursday, citing authorities in the Ulyanovsk region.


### Sources:

1. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-russia-india/russia-records-first-cases-of-indian-covid-variant-kommersant-idUSL8N2N0170)

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