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As the COVID-19 variant that emerged in India last year spreads beyond its borders, the epicentre of the pandemic shifts from Latin America to South Asia and the wider region. And there is no sign of the infection abating even as the world faces an acute vaccine shortage. With the World Health Organisation (WHO) flagging the higher infectiousness of the B.1.617 variant of COVID-19 found in India last year, South Asia and the wider region have emerged as the new epicentre of the pandemic. After India broke all existing records of infection rates, the virus has spread to neighbouring Nepal...
