Covid Delta Plus variant detected in 86 samples so far; it has not led to exponential surge: Govt"We found the Delta Plus variant in 86 (genome) samples (sequenced)," Sujit Singh, head of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), ...
Bharat Biotech's Covaxin effective against Delta Plus variant of COVID-19: StudyCovaxin, a whole-virion inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine used for mass immunization in the country, showed a 65.2 per cent protection against...
P681R mutation in Delta key to severity, say new studiesThe P681R mutation, which is said to drive syncytium formation - fusing of infected lung cells - associated with severe forms of SARS-COV-2...
Many variants at work in Kerala; Delta in Maharashtra, Northeast: InsacogOn Wednesday, Kerala had announced a complete lockdown on July 17 and 18 but it may need to be extended further to have any effect. The rea...
Individuals who recovered from Covid and are vaccinated have higher protection against Delta variant, shows studyThere is limited information available on the duration of protective immune response post-infection, vaccination or breakthrough infection.
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 variant of SARS-CoV2 drove surge in the COVID-19 cases in last 2 monthsAccording to INSACOG, the B.1.1.7 lineage of the virus, which was first identified in the United Kingdom is declining in proportion across ...
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...
COVID-19 variant 1st reported in India threatens to rapidly spread in sub-region: UNHCRUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) spokesperson Andrej Mahecic, at a press briefing in Geneva on Tuesday, said that the ...
B.1.617 variant found in at least 53 territories: WHOAdditionally, the WHO has received information from unofficial sources that the B.1.617 variant has been found in seven other territories, ...
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...
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...
COVID-19 Indian variant spreads to neighbouring countries; detected in Lanka, BangladeshThe B.1.617.2, classified as a Variant Under Investigation (VUI) on April 28, is now known as VOC-21APR-02 after it was found to be at leas...
UK health authorities elevate version of Indian COVID-19 variant as concerningAccording to a report based on leaked data by the BBC, Public Health England (PHE) is said to have recommended the B.1.617.2 version of the...
UK finds 2 further strands of Indian variant of coronavirus as case numbers rise to 400Public Health England (PHE) said it has tracked around 400 cases of the B.1.617 variant of coronavirus first found in India but added that ...
Hyderabad scientists: ‘Double mutant’ virus split 3-wayCity scientists, who studied these new sub-lineages or mutants, however, say that more research is required to find out if they are more po...