No data generated with Covishield, Covaxin on 'European' strain of coronavirus, Rajya Sabha toldTo a question on whether the Covishield and Covaxin are able to provide protection from the new coronavirus variant that was traced in the ...
02 Feb, 2021, 04.59 PM IST
UK coronavirus variant to become more dominant in US by early spring, says FauciFauci said that it is not yet clear whether the South African coronavirus strain - considered to be more infections than the original strai...
30 Jan, 2021, 08.56 AM IST
Genome sequencing of coronavirus in sewage can help detect local variants: StudyAccording to the research, published in the peer-reviewed journal mBio, the ability to track SARS-CoV-2 mutations in wastewater could be pa...
20 Jan, 2021, 11.40 AM IST
UK coronavirus strain detected in at least 60 countries: WHOThe UK coronavirus strain has been detected in at least 60 countries, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, 10 more than a week ago.
20 Jan, 2021, 10.31 AM IST
Covid strain that can ‘fool’ three antibodies found in Mumbai Metropolitan Region“This is one of three mutations (K417N, E484K and N501Y) seen in the South African lineage,” said Dr Nikhil Patkar, associate professor in ...
10 Jan, 2021, 10.21 AM IST
About 64% want closure of flights with the UK: Survey“About 45% citizens said they prefer shutting all such flights to and from countries which have cases of the new B.1.1.7 coronavirus strain...
08 Jan, 2021, 02.38 PM IST
20 more cases with UK corona strain found in India, total 58Of these total cases, eight have been registered at the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), 11 at CSIR Institute of Genomics and In...
05 Jan, 2021, 02.31 PM IST
Gujarat: Four UK returnees detected with new coronavirus strainFour persons who recently returned to Gujarat from the United Kingdom (UK) have tested positive for the new strain of coronavirus, a top st...
02 Jan, 2021, 04.13 PM IST
Scientists trying to understand new virus variantWorry has been growing since before Christmas when Britain's prime minister said the coronavirus variant seemed to spread more easily than ...
31 Dec, 2020, 11.30 AM IST
Many UK returnees gave wrong or incomplete details, remain untraced"In many cases the district teams have failed to find the UK returnees on the given address or mobile number, which are incomplete. Attempt...
30 Dec, 2020, 11.49 PM IST
6 UK returnees tested positive for new Covid-19 strain in IndiaThe samples have been tested positive in various laboratories across the country. “3 in NIMHANS, Bengaluru, 2 in CCMB, Hyderabad and 1 in N...
30 Dec, 2020, 10.27 AM IST
UK woman returnee to AP tests positive for contagious variant of COVID-19Of the 12 UK-returned passengers who tested positive for COVID-19, only the woman had the new strain, state Health Commissioner Katamaneni ...
29 Dec, 2020, 05.56 PM IST
COVID-19: 11 UK returnees found infected in Mumbai since November 25"Currently, 187 of the 590 passengers who returned from the UK last week are placed under institutional quarantine at various hotels," Dr G...
28 Dec, 2020, 02.43 PM IST
New variant of coronavirus circulating in UK unlikely to affect India’s vaccine strategy: ExpertsThe new variant of coronavirus circulating in the UK is unlikely to impact India’s vaccine strategy as the shots being developed are expect...
22 Dec, 2020, 10.43 AM IST
New, more contagious coronavirus strain in UK does not appear to be deadlier: Vivek MurthyMurthy, 43, said that there was no reason to believe that the coronavirus vaccines that have already been developed would not be effective ...
21 Dec, 2020, 04.59 PM IST
New strain of COVID-19: Arvind Kejriwal asks Centre to ban all flights from UK"New mutation of coron virus has emerged in UK, which is a super-spreader. I urge central govt to ban all flights from UK immediately," Arv...
21 Dec, 2020, 02.51 PM IST
New COVID-19 strain: Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot asks Centre to ban all flights from UK, other European countries"The new strain of novel coronavirus emerging in the UK is a matter of great concern. GoI must take prompt action, prepare a contingency pl...
21 Dec, 2020, 02.47 PM IST