"So far, I have no evidence that the Indian strain has acquired the ability to cause any different rates of hospitalization," Khatuna Zakhashvili, the head of the Department of Communicable Diseases of the National Center for Disease Control, stated about it on the First Channel.
She said the Indian strain is the same coronavirus that originated from Wuhan but has changed in India. Similar mutations are common in countries with a large population.
"In other words, the increase of cases should be more severe during the winter-autumn season. It will probably be revealed in the Southern Hemisphere countries, and it should become a lesson for us to prepare for the autumn-winter season.
We need to know where mutations can occur that contribute to the formation of a new virus variant. It should be a place where many people live and where many people get infected at the same time due to very active contacts," Khatuna Zakhashvili said.
