India is gearing up to tackle a possible third wave of the coronavirus pandemic as the Omicron variant of the virus, which is said to be mu...

The INSACOG reports genomic surveillance of SARS CoV -2 across the country through sequencing of samples from sentinel sites and also detai...

Meanwhile, the Centre has notified Noida-based National Institute of Biologicals (NIB) as another laboratory to approve Covid-19 vaccine.

The countries designated as 'at-risk' (updated as of November 26, 2021) include European countries, the UK, South Africa, Brazil, Banglades...

The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortia INSACOG is closely tracking the new variant of COVID-19 called B.1.1.529 and its presence has not b...

The government has decided to involve private sector laboratories in the process of genome sequencing to detect new coronavirus variants so...

The measures were suggested by Union Health Secretary in a letter to TN, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Punjab, Andhra, J-K, Gujarat and Haryana.

Given Delta's immune system evasion ability, the study cautioned that strong ‘infection control measures’ and boosting vaccine response wou...

One potential risk that has sparked unease among the medical community is that the new variant may be able to bypass immunity provided by b...

Paul asserted that Delta Plus is a "variant of interest" and has not yet been classified as a "variant of concern" and its presence has to ...

Taking to Twitter, the official handle of the Russian vaccine affirmed that Sputnik V's efficacy is better on the Delta variant than any ot...

Research institutes in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, New Delhi and Pune form these four clusters. “The consortium will track the emergence of viral...

Established with support and seed funding from Rockefeller Foundation, the new effort will track the emergence of viral variants correlated...

The new variant is likely to cause severe symptoms. The findings of the pathogenicity evaluation show increased disease severity and point ...

The retired professor and head of clinical virology and microbiology at CMC, Vellore, said the epidemic acceleration peaked on May 13 in Ta...

"Yes, there is a need for a relief package which has to be directed very carefully. We at Assocham believe that both the Centre and the sta...

She said the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortia (INSACOG), formed to ascertain the status of new variants of the virus through genome sequ...