Health officials in India on Wednesday said a new “double mutant” coronavirus variant has been detected in the country, which is racing to vaccinate its population against a rising number of new COVID-19 cases.

India’s Health Ministry said the U.K., South African and Brazilian variants of the virus have also been detected in 18 states and union territories across the country. But officials cautioned against linking the variants with an ongoing surge in new infections in India.

“Though (variants of concern) and a new double mutant variant have been found in India, these have not been detected in numbers sufficient to either establish or direct relationship or explain the rapid increase in cases in some states,” the health ministry said in a statement. “Genomic sequencing and epidemiological studies are continuing to further analyze the situation.”

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