The Delta coronavirus variant of concern, first identified in India, is believed to be 60% more transmissible than the Alpha variant which ...

There 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...

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...

The Oxford/AstraZeneca two-dose vaccine is also being produced by the Serum Institute of India as Covishield and being administered among t...

Of 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...

Data 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...

The Imperial College London-led Real-time Assessment of Community Transmission (REACT-1) study comes as it emerged that the government's Sc...

During 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...

The 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...

According 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...

The findings, published in the journal Science, show that in those who have not previously been infected and have so far only received one ...

The researchers looked at immune responses in UK healthcare workers at Barts and Royal Free hospitals following their first dose of the Pfi...

Public 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 ...

Public Health England (PHE), which releases weekly updates on the number of confirmed new cases of Variants of Concern (VOC) and VUI in the...

During a Downing Street briefing on Monday evening, Johnson said he can't offer any cast iron guarantees because while infections are falli...

The 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...

"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...