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TMC's Firhad Hakim resigns as Kolkata mayorKolkata Municipal Corporation Mayor Firhad Hakim has resigned. He cited an inability to work properly as the reason for his departure. Haki...- 290 cases of COVID-19 variant KP.2, 34 cases of KP.1 detected in India: INSACOG dataIndia has reported 290 cases of KP.2 and 34 cases of KP.1, both sub-lineages of COVID-19 responsible for a surge in cases in Singapore. How...
- Bengal govt issues Covid advisory; urges vulnerable people to avoid crowded places"Very old people, those with comorbidities and pregnant women should keep away from individuals suffering from fever and cold and cough," t...
- Covid 19's XBB.1.5 variant cases rise to 26 in India: INSACOGThe XBB.1.5 strain is a relative of the Omicron XBB variant, which is a recombinant of the Omicron BA.2.10.1 and BA.2.75 subvariants. Combi...
- Covid's XBB.1.5 variant cases rise to 7 in India: INSACOGThe XBB.1.5 strain is a relative of the Omicron XBB variant, which is a recombinant of the Omicron BA.2.10.1 and BA.2.75 subvariants. Combi...
- XE or not? Maharashtra reports ‘first case’ of new Omicron variant, Centre denies claimWhile the BMC claimed it had found the XE strain in the sample of a 50-year old South African costume designer who tested positive in Mumba...
- India reported more than 6x bump in COVID cases in last 8 days: Health MinistryIndia has reported more than a 6.3 times increase in cases in the last 8 days, the Health Ministry said in a briefing on Wednesday. The min...
- Nigeria returnee tests positive for COVID in Bengal; samples collected for genome sequencingTwo more persons - one woman from the UK and another from Bangladesh, were kept in institutional quarantine after they were found infected ...
- Bangladesh returnee tests positive for COVID in Bengal, genome sequencing underway for Omicron variantA woman, who came from the UK, has also been hospitalised in the state after she tested positive for COVID-19. Her sample has also been sen...
- West Bengal secures $135 million World Bank loan to upgrade rural power distribution networkKolkata, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) has approved a USD 135 million loan to West Bengal to improve the ope...
- COVID-19: Centre asks West Bengal to immediately undertake a review of cases, deathsIn a letter to the West Bengal health secretary, issued on October 22, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said the state has reported 20...
- Bengal planning to conduct genome sequencing of fully vaccinated people getting COVID infectedAccording to the official, the decision to carry out such sequencing was taken keeping in mind warnings of experts about a possible third w...
- Covid cases with variants of concern rose from 10% in May to 51% till June 20: Parliamentary panel toldUnion Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, Additional Secretary in the Home Ministry Govind Mohan, Additional Secre...
- Asymptomatic patients transmitting virus like a wildfire in IndiaThe threat of double and now a triple-mutant Indian strain, along with the deadly UK variant, are believed to be behind the latest surge ac...
- Why a new lineage or the 'Bengal strain' is troubling news“The proportion of B.1.618 has been growing significantly in recent months in Bengal,” said Vinod Scaria, who researches genome mutations a...
- Second coronavirus lineage found in India with immune escape mutation, scientists sayThe new lineage called B.1.618 is distinct from the B.1.617, also known as the ‘double mutant' virus that contains two mutations, E484Q and...
- Covishield or Covaxin: Mutant strains in some West Bengal patients raise concerns over vaccine efficacyWhile some argued that the mutated strains may not be resisted by vaccines, others pointed out that both Covishield and Covaxin were design...
- West Bengal reports first case of new COVID strain"The youth is undergoing treatment at the state-run hospital's super-specialty section. He is under observation. We have advised all those ...
- For Athawale, 'Go Corona Go' is passe; it is 'No Corona' in response to new COVID-19 strainIn February, a video of Athawale, along with a Chinese diplomat and Buddhist monks chanting "Go corona, go corona" at a prayer meeting went...
- Scientists estimate Covid may have entered India in November-DecemberTop scientists in the country have estimated that the ancestor of the novel coronavirus strain from Wuhan was in circulation by Dec 11, 201...
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