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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...
Double mutant infecting more than UK variant nowWhile the incidence of the UK variant seemed to be declining, the double mutant variant B.1.617 - found in Maharashtra - could be a cause o...
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...
Covaxin neutralises double mutant strain: ICMR"ICMR study shows Covaxin neutralises against multiple variants of SARS-CoV-2 and effectively neutralises the double mutant strain as well,...
Some Chhattisgarh tribal districts see high positivity in this waveProviding routine healthcare services in tribal districts have always been a challenge, making the spread an alarming trend. On Wednesday, ...
UK variant found in Punjab a potential threat: CSIR-CCMB DirectorWhen asked why the UK variant has not been found majorly in cases in the neighbouring states of Himanchal Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi, Mishr...
India's total cases of mutant coronavirus strains reach 795Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey told Rajya Sabha on March 16 that no case of reinfection by mutant variants of SARS-CoV-2 viru...
Need to change Covaxin composition not felt yet due to vaccine's good efficacy against mutant variants: GovernmentProviding details of the efficacy rate of Covaxin and Covishield vaccines against each of the mutations, he said there was no significant d...
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...
Total 71 persons detected with new UK Covid strainAccording the Health Ministry, all these persons have been kept in single room isolation in designated Health Care facilities by respective...
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...
3 more test positive for COVID-19 UK strain in Karnataka: Minister"Thirty four UK returnees tested positive for COVID-19. Mutant coronavirus is found in ten people among them and all of them are recovering...
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...
New COVID-19 strain: Total 25 people in India test positive, all are in physical isolationAmong the new five cases, the mutated UK strain was detected in four at the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune and one new case was...
COVID-19: Night curfew in Delhi on Dec 31, Jan 1It stated that not more than five people will be allowed to assemble at public places in Delhi during night curfew to avoid large gathering...
Flights between India and Britain set to be suspended till January 7, 2021“Decision has been taken to extend the temporary suspension of flights to & from the UK till 7 January 2021. Thereafter strictly regulated ...
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...
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 ...
Discovery of a virulent variant of the SARS-CoV-2 should jolt India into speeding up its genome sequencingVariations in gene sequences will keep happening as the virus spreads across the globe, says principal scientific adviser K VijayRaghavan. ...
COVID mutant: Govt says focus on enhanced genomic surveillance; Taskforce suggests no change in treatment protocolThe genomic surveillance consortium, INSACOG, has been formed under the leadership of the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), New D...