COVID-19: FIR against Chandrababu Naidu for creating fear over N440K strainOne M Subbaiah from Kurnool town has registered a complaint against Naidu, stating that he has created fear among the people of Kurnool by ...
08 May, 2021, 08.33 AM IST
COVID: UK variant dominates North India, double mutant Maharashtra, Gujarat, KarnatakaAddressing a press briefing on Wednesday, Sujeet Singh, Director of National Centre for Disease Control said the UK strain is dominating pa...
06 May, 2021, 03.18 PM IST
India's struggle to track new Covid variants could worsen crisisThe bad news is it won’t be only the new version of the pathogen to emerge from an outbreak of this scale, underscoring the urgency of mapp...
06 May, 2021, 09.55 AM IST
Asymptomatic patients transmitting virus like a wildfire in IndiaThe threat of double and now a triple-mutant Indian strain, along with the deadly UK variant, are believed to be behind the latest surge ac...
24 Apr, 2021, 12.07 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
Second coronavirus lineage found in India with immune escape mutation, scientists sayThe new lineage called B.1.618 is distinct from the B.1.617, also known as the ‘double mutant' virus that contains two mutations, E484Q and...
22 Apr, 2021, 05.54 PM IST
Coronavirus: What makes India's double mutant COVID variant, B.1.617 so concerning?Is the double mutant virus, much like the Kent or Brazilian COVID variant, the sole reason for the rise in cases? Does it also bring forth ...
12 Apr, 2021, 02.53 PM IST
Troubling "Eek" variant found in most Tokyo hospital COVID casesThe E484K mutation, nicknamed "Eek" by some scientists, was found in 10 of 14 people who tested positive for the virus at Tokyo Medical and...
04 Apr, 2021, 10.21 AM IST
India detects two new Covid variants, govt says no relation with recent surge in casesHealth secretary Rajesh Bhushan briefed officials at PMO on Tuesday. Niti Aayog member (health) Dr VK Paul said, “Two mutant virus strains ...
24 Feb, 2021, 07.31 AM IST
WHO, vaccine makers train guns on any new mutations of Covid-19The emergence of mutant strains of the SARS Cov2 virus has raised fear of another wave of the pandemic that could lead to ineffective vacci...
23 Feb, 2021, 09.46 AM IST
India will not have Republic Day chief guest due to global coronavirus situation: MEA"Due to the global COVID 19 situation, it has been decided that this year there will not be a foreign head of state or head of government a...
14 Jan, 2021, 07.44 PM IST
Flight services to resume between India to UK from January 6, UK to India from January 8, says Aviation MinisterFlight services between India and UK will resume from January 6, while those from UK to India will recommence from January 8, Civil Aviatio...
02 Jan, 2021, 04.33 PM IST
India's Health Ministry warns that New Year celebrations pose a 'superspreaders' threat, asks states to curb crowdingUnion Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has written to all the states and union territories asking them to curb crowding in the wake New Year...
30 Dec, 2020, 01.29 PM IST
West Bengal reports first case of new COVID strain"The youth is undergoing treatment at the state-run hospital's super-specialty section. He is under observation. We have advised all those ...
30 Dec, 2020, 11.20 AM IST
Kiran Mazumdar Shaw on Covid vaccines, mutating virus & India’s preparedness"The jury is out there to see which vaccine is going to work and which vaccine is going to protect you for the longest period of time. It i...
23 Dec, 2020, 10.48 AM IST
No new mutant strain seen of Chikungunya in Delhi outbreak: AIIMS DirectorThe responsibility of getting rid of the mosquitoes is with every citizen to make sure that at least in their houses no breeding is taking ...
18 Sep, 2016, 10.20 AM IST
No new mutant strain in Delhi dengue outbreak: ICMR Director General Dr Soumya SwaminathanSwaminathan, a paediatrician and a researcher on infectious diseases, says that four sero types circulate in India and this year, Delhi is ...
20 Sep, 2015, 10.34 AM IST