India orders removal of content referring to ‘Indian variant’

Government says false' coronavirus claim is circulating on social media and should be taken down

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India's government has ordered social media platforms to take down content that refers to the Indian variant" of the coronavirus.

The B.1.617.1 (previously called B.1.617) variant was first detected in India last year and has been blamed for much of the devastating Covid-19 wave that has battered south Asian nations in recent weeks.