No case of new 'Omicron' variant of coronavirus detected in India yet: OfficialThe countries designated as 'at-risk' (updated as of November 26, 2021) include European countries, the UK, South Africa, Brazil, Banglades...
29 Nov, 2021, 05.18 PM IST
Vietnam detects hybrid of Indian and UK COVID-19 variantAfter successfully containing the coronavirus for most of last year, Vietnam is now battling an outbreak that is spreading more quickly.
29 May, 2021, 10.47 AM IST
Govt asks social media firms to remove contents referring to 'Indian variant' of coronavirusMinistry of Electronics and Information Technology had earlier issued advisories regarding curbing of false news/misinformation concerning ...
22 May, 2021, 12.46 PM IST
Govt asks social media firms to remove reference to 'Indian variant' of coronavirusThe World Health Organization said on May 11 that the coronavirus variant B.1.617, first identified in India last year, was being classifie...
22 May, 2021, 09.59 AM IST
COVID-19 strain in Singapore 'different', claims Delhi health minister"There are many strains of coronavirus in India at present... Their presence is ascertained through genome sequencing. It is a different st...
19 May, 2021, 03.58 PM IST
Using term 'Indian Variant' for B.1.617 strain has no basis, WHO has not done so: Health Ministry"Several media reports have covered the news of World Health Organisation (WHO) classifying B.1.617 as variant of global concern. Some of t...
12 May, 2021, 06.44 PM IST
Pakistan says Indian variant of COVID-19 not present in countryAccording to reports, health authorities in Thailand on Monday confirmed the country's first cases of the Indian variant of the coronavirus...
11 May, 2021, 01.34 PM IST
Indian virus variant found in Thai travelers from PakistanThe finding comes as Thailand battles a new wave of the coronavirus that began at the beginning of April, originating in upmarket entertain...
10 May, 2021, 07.01 PM IST
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...
08 May, 2021, 08.59 PM IST
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 ...
30 Apr, 2021, 07.38 PM IST
Raising fears of COVID surge, Uganda detects Indian variant: OfficialHealth Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Ainebyoona told Reuters the country's coronavirus task-force would discuss the situation on Friday.
30 Apr, 2021, 01.43 PM IST
What we know about the Indian variant as coronavirus sweeps South AsiaScientists are studying what led to an unexpected surge, and particularly whether a variant of the novel coronavirus first detected in Indi...
30 Apr, 2021, 12.00 PM 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
Indian coronavirus variant reaches Switzerland, government saysThe case involved a passenger who arrived in Switzerland via a transit airport and not directly from India, which has been hit hard by a ma...
25 Apr, 2021, 04.28 PM IST
Indian Covid variant found in Switzerland: Health authority"The first case of the Indian variant of Covid-19 has been discovered in Switzerland," Switzerland's Federal Office of Public Health said i...
24 Apr, 2021, 06.06 PM IST
No data on efficacy of India's COVID vaccines against South African, Brazilian variants: ScientistsOn Tuesday, the Health Ministry said four people were detected with the South Africa variant of SARS-CoV-2 and one tested positive for the ...
17 Feb, 2021, 06.15 PM IST
Three test positive for the new UK variant of coronavirus in Rajasthan"Three persons have tested positive for the new UK variant of coronavirus. Their samples were sent to Delhi. All three have been shifted to...
05 Jan, 2021, 07.24 AM IST