Aside from fiestas, political rallies have also acted as “super spreaders,” according to Bagatsing.
However, Bagatsing said the extreme surge of COVID-19 cases slowed down inoculation efforts because hospitals that served as vaccination outlets were overwhelmed with COVID patients. India is now facing its worst bout with COVID-19 after the “double mutant” variant hit the country recently, triggering the virus to spread like wildfire.The title “double mutant” came about after it was discovered that two of the same mutations found in two other variants of concern exist in the Indian variant.