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BOC Aviation to lease three more Boeing 737-8200 aircraft to Akasa AirBOC Aviation has signed a new deal to lease three Boeing 737-8200 aircraft to Akasa Air. These planes will be delivered by the end of 2026....
Sputnik V more effective on 'Delta' COVID-19 variant than any other vaccine: RDIFTaking to Twitter, the official handle of the Russian vaccine affirmed that Sputnik V's efficacy is better on the Delta variant than any ot...
UK says Delta coronavirus variant 60 per cent more transmissibleThe Delta variant, which first emerged in India, has caused a rise in cases in the UK, prompting questions about whether social distancing ...
Delta coronavirus variant believed to have 60% transmission advantage: UK epidemiologistThe Delta coronavirus variant of concern, first identified in India, is believed to be 60% more transmissible than the Alpha variant which ...
Delta variant dominant in Britain, may increase risk of hospitalisationThere were 5,472 new cases of the Delta variant reported in latest weekly figures, taking the total confirmed cases of the variant to 12,43...
‘Two doses key to immunity against Covid variants’A single jab only provided 33% protection against B.1.617.2 and 51% against B.1.1.7, according to the study. The findings were derived from...
Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine 80 per cent effective against B1.617.2 variant: UK studyThe Oxford/AstraZeneca two-dose vaccine is also being produced by the Serum Institute of India as Covishield and being administered among t...
Insacog data too confirm rise of B.1.617 across statesOf 21,836 total samples sequenced from across states, Insacog found 6,706 variants of concern so far. The bulk of these — 4,241 of 6,706 sa...
Emerging variants: Subtype B.1.617.2 was found in 1% of tests in January, 77% in AprilData suggests that B.1.617.2 has a 15% growth rate faster than even B.1.1.117 (the UK Kent variant). The Kent variant was predominant in th...
COVID-19 levels fall in UK as health officials review variant found in IndiaThe Imperial College London-led Real-time Assessment of Community Transmission (REACT-1) study comes as it emerged that the government's Sc...
Looking at solutions for COVID-19 variant first identified in India: UK PM Boris JohnsonDuring the weekly Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) session in the House of Commons, he was asked about the variant - named B.1.617.2 and c...
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...
UK health authorities elevate version of Indian COVID-19 variant as concerningAccording to a report based on leaked data by the BBC, Public Health England (PHE) is said to have recommended the B.1.617.2 version of the...
Single COVID vaccine dose boosts protection against variants in previously infected: StudyThe findings, published in the journal Science, show that in those who have not previously been infected and have so far only received one ...
Single COVID vaccine dose boosts protection against variants in previously infected: StudyThe researchers looked at immune responses in UK healthcare workers at Barts and Royal Free hospitals following their first dose of the Pfi...
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 ...
UK finds 77 cases of COVID-19 variant first found in IndiaPublic Health England (PHE), which releases weekly updates on the number of confirmed new cases of Variants of Concern (VOC) and VUI in the...
UK PM Boris Johnson warns no 'cast iron' guarantee over lifting COVID-19 lockdownDuring a Downing Street briefing on Monday evening, Johnson said he can't offer any cast iron guarantees because while infections are falli...
UK study finds new coronavirus variant may be more deadlyThe new report is based on analysis of a dozen studies that found the so-called Kent variant, named after the county where it was first ide...
Britain's coronavirus variant a concern, 'likely to sweep the world', says scientist"What's concerning about this is that the 1.1.7. variant that we have had circulating for some weeks and months is beginning to mutate agai...