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Study finds 96 per cent of COVID-19 patients have antibodies year after recoveryThe study looked at results from 250 people aged 21-78 who tested positive for the virus between February and April last year and found tha...- Poland imposes quarantine for travellers from Brazil, India and South Africa"In the case of Brazil, India and South Africa, people travelling from these locations will automatically have to quarantine without the po...
- Covid-19: Of 15,000 virus sequences, 11% comprise of UK, SA and Brazil variants; UK strain dominant in IndiaLast year at the time when the virus broke its loose pan-India, Maharashtra was hit badly with most reported cases of which almost close to...
- Covaxin neutralises double mutant strain: ICMR"ICMR study shows Covaxin neutralises against multiple variants of SARS-CoV-2 and effectively neutralises the double mutant strain as well,...
- The pandemic is deadlier in Brazil than in India and no one knows whyBut it’s the divergence in fatalities that has scientists puzzled. Brazil, home to almost 214 million, has seen more than 365,000 people di...
- 1,189 samples have tested positive for variants of concern of SARS COV-2 in India: Health MinistryThese include 1,109 samples testing positive for the UK variants, 79 for the South Africa variant and one sample for the Brazil variant, th...
- No proof COVID second wave due to virus variants, but it is possible: Virologist Shahid JameelVirologist Shahid Jameel, who has won the coveted Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, said the rollout of vaccines has caused a false sense of s...
- Six-week decline in global Covid-19 deaths has stalled: WHOThe global health body's data showed nearly 3.3 million new coronavirus cases globally and 60,000 additional deaths in the week leading up ...
- No new strain of novel coronavirus detected in Maharashtra, Kerala and Punjab: GovtIn written reply to a question, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey said that after the detection of variants of SARS-CoV-2 in the...
- India's total cases of mutant coronavirus strains reach 795Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey told Rajya Sabha on March 16 that no case of reinfection by mutant variants of SARS-CoV-2 viru...
- Need to change Covaxin composition not felt yet due to vaccine's good efficacy against mutant variants: GovernmentProviding details of the efficacy rate of Covaxin and Covishield vaccines against each of the mutations, he said there was no significant d...
- 3 new variants reported in India: GovernmentAs on March 4, a total 242 samples have tested positive for different variants in India, Choubey said in a written reply to a Rajya Sabha q...
- COVID-19 vaccine-induced antibodies less effective against some coronavirus variants: StudyAccording to the scientists neutralising antibodies work by binding tightly to the virus and blocking it from entering cells, thus preventi...
- Brazil gives final approval for AstraZeneca vaccine, sees domestic manufactureThe AstraZeneca vaccine is already being administered in Brazil, but is registered only for emergency use, and the doses have been imported...
- Pfizer Covid shot neutralises Brazilian strain in lab studyIn lab experiments, the shot demonstrated “roughly equivalent” levels of neutralising activity against the Brazil and UK strains compared w...
- COVID-19 antibodies, vaccines less effective against coronavirus variants: StudyThe research, published in the journal Nature Medicine, noted that the three fast-spreading variants of the coronavirus first reported in S...
- Sinovac vaccine may not trigger sufficient antibody response to Brazil variant, says studyThe emergence of variants of the new coronavirus has raised concern that vaccines and treatments that were developed based on previous stra...
- US gearing up to track three COVID-19 variantsThe agency has already warned that the highly contagious mutant strain that emerged in the UK could become dominant among Americans in the ...
- Four detected with South Africa variant of SARS-CoV-2 in India, one with Brazil strainOne Brazil returnee has tested positive for the Brazil variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the first week of February. The traveller and contacts have...
- New coronavirus variant found in travellers from Brazil: Japan governmentA ministry official said studies were underway into the efficacy of vaccines against the new variant, which differs from highly-infectious ...
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