Health Ministry has called an urgent meeting of its Joint Monitoring Group today to discuss the emergence of a mutated variant of the coronavirus in the United Kingdom. Joint Monitoring Group (JMG), chaired by the Director-General of Health Services (DGHS), will meet this morning to discuss the issue of the mutated variant of the coronavirus reported from the UK. WHO's India representative Dr Roderico H Ofrin, who is also a member of the JMG, is also likely to be a part of the meeting.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that the fast-moving new variant of the coronavirus is 70 per cent more infectious and appears to be driving the rapid spread in London and southern England.</span><br />