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45 cases of delta plus variant reported in Maharashtra so far: GovernmentUnion Minister of State for Health Bharati Pawar informed Lok Sabha in a written reply on Friday that analysis of the genomic data is a con...09 Aug, 2021, 02.49 PM IST- India will want to scale up genome sequencing: Sharon Peacock, Genomics UKThe British microbiologist’s comments come days after world leaders at the G7 Carbis Bay summit decided to scale up genome sequencing to 10...16 Jun, 2021, 07.46 AM IST
- 'Indian strain' of coronavirus spreads faster, but little evidence of it being more lethal: ExpertsThe number of coronavirus cases has exploded in Delhi and Maharashtra over the last few weeks and crippled the healthcare sector. Several h...27 Apr, 2021, 05.16 PM IST
- Britain variant could be behind current COVID-19 surge in Delhi, says NCDC chiefThe UK variant was found in 28 per cent of samples in the second week of March. In the last week of the month, 50 per cent of samples had t...23 Apr, 2021, 07.32 PM IST
- Double and triple mutants of coronavirus one and the same; vaccines effective on it: ScientistThese variants harbour 15 lineage defining mutations. B.1.617, initially termed double mutant, has three new spike protein mutations. Two m...23 Apr, 2021, 06.02 PM IST
- Double mutation found in 61% of 361 COVID-19 samples: Expert"I am told that out of 361 COVID-19 samples tested by the National Institute of Virology in Pune, 61 per cent had the double mutation. Howe...14 Apr, 2021, 05.18 PM IST
- Regular booster vaccines are the future in battle with COVID-19 virus, top genome expert saysThe novel coronavirus, which has killed 2.65 million people globally since it emerged in China in late 2019, mutates around once every two ...15 Mar, 2021, 09.00 PM IST
- Regular booster vaccines are the future in battle with COVID-19 virus, says UK's top scientistThe novel coronavirus, which has killed 2.65 million people globally since it emerged in China in late 2019, mutates around once every two ...15 Mar, 2021, 02.15 PM IST
- N440K coronavirus variant spreading more in southern states: CCMB studyA comprehensive analysis of coronavirus variants in the country and their evolution during the pandemic by the scientists presented in a re...19 Feb, 2021, 09.42 PM IST
- Efforts being made to study impact of vaccines, diagnostics on UK variant of virus: DBT secy Renu SwarupShe said the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortia (INSACOG), formed to ascertain the status of new variants of the virus through genome sequ...05 Jan, 2021, 10.13 PM IST
- No major mutation observed in SARS-COV 2, no indication vaccine strategy would be hindered: StudySaumitra Das, the director of the National Institute of Biomedical Genomics, said the institutes started sequencing the virus from differen...18 Oct, 2020, 06.06 PM IST
- Coronavirus genomes in India have 5.39% mutation similarity with 72 nations: StudyCoronavirus genomes in India have 5.39 percent mutation similarity with 72 nations, found a study by a group of researchers trying to ident...13 Sep, 2020, 09.28 PM IST
- CSIR submits 53 genome sequences of coronavirus to global body; to share 450 more by May 15CSIR's Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Delhi, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad and Institu...07 May, 2020, 01.17 PM IST
- Wuhan's L-strain may be behind Gujarat's high death rate: ExpertsThe dominance of the more virulent L-type coronavirus strain as compared to the S-type one could be behind the high mortality rate in the s...27 Apr, 2020, 03.57 PM IST
- 'Novel method to understand how coronavirus evolves developed'In the study, published in the journal Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, the scientists developed a novel platform, originally used to a...20 Apr, 2020, 11.20 AM IST
- Eerily on the mark, a gene detective's coronavirus findings raise hope and fear in equal measureTrevor Bedford started analyzing Covid genomes from China as soon as they went public.26 Mar, 2020, 02.28 PM IST
- Coronavirus in China may have come from bats: StudiesThe coronavirus outbreak, which originated in the central Hubei province of China in December, has killed 361 with 57 deaths reported on Su...03 Feb, 2020, 08.54 PM IST
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