Doctor in Assam infected with 2 variants of Covid even after getting fully vaccinated

July 20: Despite being fully vaccinated, woman doctor in Assam got infected with two different variants of COVID-19. Her sample was tested at Regional Medical Research Centre, NE, Dibrugarh of Indian Council for Medical Research. The doctor got infected by both the Alpha and Delta variants of the virus a month after taking the second dose. The woman’s husband, also a doctor, was infected by the Alpha variant. This was confirmed by Dr Biswajyoti Borkakoty, the nodal officer at the ICMR Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) at Lahowal in Assam’s Dibrugarh district.