On our weekly show, AIIMS director Dr Randeep Guleria talks about the new variant of the coronavirus. "Based on the number of cases you're seeing in the areas where the variant has been detected, there is a huge surge, so one could conclude it seems more infectious, but scientifically we need a more epidemiological correlation," he said. If you see what research is available right now, it definitely seems the variant is more infectious, he said.