Plausible Transition of COVID-19 from Pandemic to Endemic State: Impact of Variant UK Strain, B 7.1.1 on the Spread of COVID-19 in the Population.

COVID-19 is a contagious disease spreading without showing any signs of abatement across the world. Presently, SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, is giving a fresh threatening signs to renew its devastation as several new mutated strains have been detected in Unite Kingdom, South Africa, Brazil & the USA; the first variant being detected in the United Kingdom (B 7.1.1). Here we have shown that there was a gradual waning of active cases of COVID-19 (original strain) across the Nation after implementation of Lockdown; this suggests that COVID-19 has lost its sheen and the COVID-19 pandemic is nearing its end. However, the recent emergence of the mutated forms of SARS-CoV-2 in different countries, being more contagious and virulent than the original form, could turn the table of this ongoing pandemic. The implication of all the data obtained from the old and the new UK variant, B7.1.1, in context of pandemic in India, has been discussed in this article.