New Covid wave expected in US? Doctors 'bracing for impact' with KP.3 variant on the riseNew coronavirus variants like KP.2 and KP.3 are emerging in recent times and the cases keep on mounting in the US, according to recent heal...
13 Jun, 2024, 09.21 PM IST
New coronavirus variant 'Deltacron' emerges in CyprusIn total, 10 of the mutations from Omicron were found in the 25 samples taken in Cyprus. 11 of the samples came from people who were hospit...
10 Jan, 2022, 08.08 AM IST
New coronavirus variant 'IHU' identified in FranceHowever, the researchers noted that it is too early to speculate on how this variant behaves as far as infection and protection from vaccin...
04 Jan, 2022, 08.35 PM IST
Delhi govt fully prepared to deal with new coronavirus variant Omicron: Satyendar JainThe other four are Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta. WHO has said it is ''not yet clear'' if the newly-detected variant is more transmissible ...
30 Nov, 2021, 04.46 PM IST
How worried should we be about the Omicron variant?The Delta variant remains dominant worldwide, accounting for 99.9% of U.S. cases, and it is not yet clear whether Omicron will be able to d...
27 Nov, 2021, 05.40 PM IST
INSACOG yet to detect presence of variant in IndiaAn advisory panel of the World Health Organization has classified the variant as a highly transmissible virus of concern and named it ``omi...
27 Nov, 2021, 06.09 AM IST
Sport-South Africa sport set for shutdown over new coronavirus variantSouth African sport faced a shutdown on Friday due to the detection of a new coronavirus variant, with rugby teams scrambling to leave befo...
26 Nov, 2021, 11.44 AM IST
There's no need to panic about the new C.1.2 variant found in South Africa, according to a virologistThe researchers, in a pre-print study released last week but yet to be peer reviewed, found this cluster has picked up a lot of mutations i...
02 Sep, 2021, 09.54 AM IST
Delta Plus: Key things to know about new coronavirus variantOne potential risk that has sparked unease among the medical community is that the new variant may be able to bypass immunity provided by b...
24 Jun, 2021, 11.10 AM IST
‘Existing vaccines effective against new coronavirus variant’The Gupta Lab under the Cambridge Institute has been studying the evolution of SARS CoV 2, the virus that causes Covid-19, in patients in r...
03 May, 2021, 07.50 AM IST
There’s a new virus variant in India. How worried should we be?The new variant, which has a so-called double mutation, is thought to be fueling India’s deadlier new wave of cases that has made it the wo...
19 Apr, 2021, 03.58 PM IST
New double mutant Corona variant, several 'variants of concern' found in India: Govt"Though VOCs and a new double mutant variant have been found in India, these have not been detected in numbers sufficient to either establi...
24 Mar, 2021, 03.08 PM IST
New coronavirus variant identified in New York: ResearchersThe new variant, known as B.1.526, was first identified in samples collected in New York in November, and by mid-February represented about...
25 Feb, 2021, 11.09 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
New coronavirus variant detected in PakistanThe health department in Sindh said the samples of 12 returnees were taken for genotyping, out of which six tested positive. The health dep...
29 Dec, 2020, 04.41 PM IST
The new coronavirus variant in South Africa: Are concerns justified?Several countries, including Britain which has found the mutant variant in cases linked to South Africa, have banned flights from South Afr...
25 Dec, 2020, 01.24 PM IST
India issues SOPs for surveillance of new variant of coronavirusIn the wake of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus detected in the United Kingdom, Ministry of Health on Wednesday issued the Standard Operat...
24 Dec, 2020, 09.29 AM IST