Vietnam reports detection of a new SARS-COV-2 variant, which is a combination of B.1.617 (first detected in India) and B.1.117 (found first...

While U.S. cases attributed to the B.1.617 variant currently sit below 1%, the growth rate remains unclear due to the small sample size. Me...

Explaining about the sub-lineage, Rakesh Mishra, former Director of the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology said, “B.1.617 was the mu...

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...

A study published by Clinical Infectious Diseases found that vaccination with Covaxin produced neutralising titres against all key emerging...

The study cites data from an unnamed Delhi hospital where 33 health workers were infected by B.1.617 despite receiving Covishield doses.

"Several media reports have covered the news of World Health Organisation (WHO) classifying B.1.617 as variant of global concern. Some of t...

"As of May 11, over 4,500 sequences have been uploaded to GISAID and assigned to B.1.617 from 44 countries in all six WHO regions," the glo...

"We classify it as a variant of concern at a global level," Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO technical lead on COVID-19, told a briefing. "There is ...

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...

While 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...

An analysis by Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), which assessed more than 3,500 samples as on May 4, reveals that 1,877 samp...

Some variants are more infectious than the others, but it can't be specified if a particular one is more dangerous.

"Initial positive neutralisation studies of B.1.617, with both post-Covaxin or Covishield sera, are correlatable with milder disease during...

The number of coronavirus cases has exploded in Delhi and Maharashtra over the last few weeks and crippled the healthcare sector. Several h...

The UK variant was found in 28 per cent of samples in the second week of March. In the last week of the month, 50 per cent of samples had t...

International researchers believe this variant is typically of Indian origin. As a result, researchers and media houses from across the glo...