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
Covid-19 variant 2023: US, UK, 2 other countries detect highly mutated Coronavirus variant. Details hereCovid-19 virus variant has reportedly been detected in the US, the UK, Denmark, and Israel. The coronavirus variant is dubbed as BA.2.86 an...
19 Aug, 2023, 11.24 PM IST
What we know about the BF.7 coronavirus variant that has triggered fears of a fresh wave of infectionIndia has recently restarted random testing of international passengers, with the fear of a resurgent subvariant - the BF.7 - taking centre...
22 Dec, 2022, 11.56 AM IST
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.
08 Apr, 2022, 10.16 AM 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
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
Health experts say India missed early alarm, let deadly coronavirus variant spreadThe variant, now known as B.1.617, triggered a catastrophic wave of coronavirus cases in India and has since spread to more than 40 other c...
15 Jun, 2021, 02.13 PM IST
Factors that led to renaming of coronavirus variants, including the one first found in IndiaThe WHO list has four "variants of concern". They were commonly being referred to as the UK, South Africa, Brazil and India variants. From ...
01 Jun, 2021, 02.26 PM IST
Govt asks social media firms to remove reference to 'Indian variant' of coronavirusThe World Health Organization said on May 11 that the coronavirus variant B.1.617, first identified in India last year, was being classifie...
22 May, 2021, 09.59 AM 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 host to 7,569 coronavirus mutants, shows studyThe novel coronavirus is perhaps the first infectious organism in recent times to form thousands of its variants across the globe. In India...
20 Feb, 2021, 04.34 PM IST
N440K coronavirus variant spreading more in southern states: CCMB studyA comprehensive analysis of coronavirus variants in the country and their evolution during the pandemic by the scientists presented in a re...
19 Feb, 2021, 09.42 PM IST
Pfizer vaccine can neutralise coronavirus variants first reported in UK, SA: StudyAccording to the scientists, including those from the University of Texas in the US, these variants have a substitution of the amino acid b...
09 Feb, 2021, 11.16 AM IST
New coronavirus variant found in travellers from Brazil: Japan governmentA ministry official said studies were underway into the efficacy of vaccines against the new variant, which differs from highly-infectious ...
10 Jan, 2021, 06.06 PM 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
Will COVID-19 vaccines work on the new coronavirus variant?Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert, said data coming from Britain indicates the vaccines still will block the virus....
29 Dec, 2020, 01.43 PM IST