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12 cases of Omicron subvariants detected in Tamil NaduThe Minister informed that 300 samples were sent to the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad of which 12 tested positiv...- 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...
- New Covid ‘variant of concern’ fuels global fear of another virus surgeJust two days after the world learned of the variant, the World Health Organization officially labeled it a “variant of concern,” its most ...
- 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...
- COVID-appropriate behaviour, vaccination main shields against all mutants, future waves: ExpertsSeveral experts believe that a casual approach that followed the trough of the first wave could be a possible reason for the pandemic raisi...
- 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...
- Third wave of Covid-19 will hit children in a big way: Virologist Dr V RaviRavi, who is also the member of Karnataka’s Covid technical advisory committee, stressed on the need to ramp up medical infrastructure to t...
- ‘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...
- 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,...
- 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 ...
- Mutants, sluggish vaccine drive, carelessness: Add them and you get India's Covid surge, say top scientistsJust like there were no answers to why there was a slide in number of infections earlier this year, there is no clarity on why the numbers ...
- Centre gives three reasons for India's Covid surgePM Modi on Sunday chaired a high-level meeting on the ongoing Covid surge in India and said that community awareness and its involvement is...
- 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...
- Covishield or Covaxin: Mutant strains in some West Bengal patients raise concerns over vaccine efficacyWhile some argued that the mutated strains may not be resisted by vaccines, others pointed out that both Covishield and Covaxin were design...
- 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...
- 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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