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China's COVID-19 surge raises odds of new coronavirus mutant"China has a population that is very large and there's limited immunity. And that seems to be the setting in which we may see an explosion ...- Dominant coronavirus mutant contains ghost of pandemic pastA genetic trait that harkens back to the pandemic's past, known as a "delta mutation," appears to allow the virus "to escape pre-existing i...
- Unlike Omicron, XE coronavirus variant causes loss of smell & taste. Find out more symptoms of this mutant strainXE coronavirus variant is said to be 10 times more transmissible than Omicron.
- Covid third wave could peak between October-November; intensity expected to be 1/4 of second wave"Status Quo is when no new mutant comes and New Variant is when 50% more infectious mutant comes by September. As one can see, the only sce...
- US regulators give full approval to Pfizer COVID-19 vaccineThe vaccine made by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech now carries the strongest endorsement from the Food and Drug Administration, which has ...
- Congress wants to tarnish image of India, PM Modi: BJPIn accordance with the agenda of the toolkit, the Congress has instructed its social media volunteers to call the new mutant strain of COVI...
- Using term 'Indian Variant' for B.1.617 strain has no basis, WHO has not done so: Health Ministry"Several media reports have covered the news of World Health Organisation (WHO) classifying B.1.617 as variant of global concern. Some of t...
- 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...
- Tripura government sounds alert after three strains of COVID-19 are found in the stateImmediately after the receipt of the test results of outsiders by the state government, Tripura health secretary J K Sinha held a virtual m...
- 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...
- UK variant detected in 70 per cent samples sent by PGIMER“Seventy percent of the samples had UK variant of Covid-19 and 20 percent of the samples had 681 H mutant,” said Jagat Ram, the director of...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- No proof COVID second wave due to virus variants, but it is possible: Virologist Shahid JameelVirologist Shahid Jameel, who has won the coveted Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, said the rollout of vaccines has caused a false sense of s...
- 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...
- Deficiency of a particular protein behind corona’s slow Asia spread: StudyA team of scientists from the National Institute of Biomedical Genomics in Kalyani, West Bengal, have found a biological reason for the slo...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
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