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Delta variant could infect vaccinated & unvaccinated: StudyA new study by India’s top health research body has found that the Delta variant (B.1.617.2) has the potential to infect both vaccinated an...- Delta variant shows 8-fold sensitivity to vaccine elicited antibodies: StudyAs per the study, the variant is less sensitive to neutralising antibodies from recovered individuals, with higher replication efficiency a...
- Watch out for four emerging variants of coronavirus, warn health expertsHealth experts have called for strong surveillance on four emerging coronavirus variants, apart from the Delta-plus (B.1.617.2.1 or AY.1) s...
- Delta reinfected several hit in first Covid wave: StudyGiven Delta's immune system evasion ability, the study cautioned that strong ‘infection control measures’ and boosting vaccine response wou...
- Bharat Biotech shares elaborate data of all research studies of CovaxinCovaxin, a whole-virion inactivated coronavirus vaccine, is the first and only product to have published any data from human clinical trial...
- The cause and effects of fourth wave of pandemic in DelhiThe cause of the most recent fourth wave in Delhi is mostly attributed to be the presence of the Delta variant (B.1.617.2), a sub-lineage o...
- 'Delta variant prominently found in COVID-19 cases in Varanasi'Among the variants of concern (VoC), the most predominant variant we found in our study was B.1.617. This variant was also reported to be o...
- Delta variant counted for 60% of Delhi's COVID-19 cases in April, says studyThe Delta variant, B.1.617.2, is 50 per cent more transmissible than the Alpha variant, B1.117, first discovered in the UK, say researchers...
- WHO narrows in on Delta Covid variantThe UN health agency last month declared the entire strain a "variant of concern", or VOC, but on Tuesday, it said only one of the sub-line...
- WHO says only one strain of COVID Delta variant 'of concern'The B.1.617 variant of the virus, which has in part been blamed for India's explosive outbreak, has been dubbed a triple mutant variant sin...
- Insacog set to scan data as Vietnam reports a hybrid variantVietnam reports detection of a new SARS-COV-2 variant, which is a combination of B.1.617 (first detected in India) and B.1.117 (found first...
- ‘Two doses key to immunity against Covid variants’A single jab only provided 33% protection against B.1.617.2 and 51% against B.1.1.7, according to the study. The findings were derived from...
- B.1.617 variant of SARS-CoV2 has sub-lineages; B.1.617.2 more infectious: ExpertExplaining about the sub-lineage, Rakesh Mishra, former Director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology said, “B.1.617 was the mu...
- Indian variant's transmissibility edge might be smaller than feared, UK expert says"There's... a glimmer of hope from the recent data that, whilst this variant does still appear to have a significant growth advantage, the ...
- Over 6,200 vaccinated in UK town amidst spike in cases caused by variant first identified in IndiaOver 6,200 people have been vaccinated in Bolton, a large town in North West England, at the weekend amid concerns over the sharp spike in ...
- UK defends delay in adding India to red list travel ban as COVID-19's B1.617.2 variant spreads rapidlyDowning Street said it had taken a “precautionary action” to ban travel from India on April 23, six days before the B1.617 variant was put ...
- Vaccines 'almost certainly less effective' against Covid variant found in India: UK expert"It was important to approach the easing of lockdown in England with "utmost caution" as it remains unclear exactly how much more transmiss...
- UK to speed up vaccinations, warns Indian variant may delay full reopeningThe United Kingdom has delivered one of the world's fastest inoculation campaigns, giving a first shot to almost 70% of the adult populatio...
- Emerging variants: Subtype B.1.617.2 was found in 1% of tests in January, 77% in AprilData suggests that B.1.617.2 has a 15% growth rate faster than even B.1.1.117 (the UK Kent variant). The Kent variant was predominant in th...
- India, UK variants equally transmissible, finds studyApart from the UK, the sub-lineage B.1.617.2 is prevalent in Maharashtra and other parts of India. Its presence, however, is yet to be esta...
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