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New Omicron sub-variant may be driving spike in casesThe Omicron variant of coronavirus replaced Delta as the predominant strain in India early this year. In the fourth week of December last y...- Omicron a 'deviant', two pandemics going on side by side now: Virologist T Jacob John"Since Omicron is illegitimate or 'deviant' from COVID-19 pandemic progression script, we must think of two pandemics going on side by side...
- 'Deltacron' likely result of lab error: ExpertsCypriot media reported the discovery Saturday, describing it as having "the genetic background of the Delta variant along with some of the ...
- Experts allay Covaxin concerns, effectiveness against Delta-driven Covid surge at 50% not badEfficacy is the degree to which a vaccine prevents disease, and possibly also transmission, under ideal and controlled conditions, while ef...
- COVID-19 vaccines effective against most SARS-CoV-2 variants, says studyThe results come as an increase in so-called "breakthrough" infections caused by the Delta variant among vaccinated individuals continues t...
- What's the Mu variant? And will we keep seeing more concerning variants?If Mu was truly a really bad variant, we would have expected to have started to see indications of this, and we haven't yet.
- Delta variant found in 80% samples sent for genome sequencing by Delhi govt in last 3 monthsThe data also showed that the Delta variant has been found in 1,689 of the 5,752 samples from Delhi processed at the National Centre for Di...
- 'Delta on steroids': What scientists say about next Covid variantThe world is in a very "dangerous period" of the Covid-19 pandemic compounded by more transmissible variants like Delta, which is continuin...
- National third wave unlikely as majority Indians already exposed, says veteran virologist Jacob John“The extent of population that is unexposed to the virus during the last two waves and vaccination coverage will determine the next wave,” ...
- Coivd-19: Government says no case of Delta plus variant in TripuraAn official statement of the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said that 152 samples were sent earlier from Tripura to National Inst...
- US top coronavirus adviser Dr Anthony Fauci terms Delta strain of COVID-19 as 'nasty variant'"The bad news is that we have a very nasty variant, the good news is that we have a vaccine that works against it," The Hill quoted Fauci's...
- From UK to Indonesia: How Delta variant is dominating global Covid surgeFirst identified in India last year, the fast-spreading variant has now become dominant in countries like the US and UK, leading to a signi...
- Booster may be needed for J&J shot as Delta variant spreads, some experts already taking themDelta, which has also been associated with more severe disease, could quickly become the dominant version of the virus in the United States...
- Delta variant to be dominant in Germany in summer: Health minister"The Delta variant will have the upper hand over the summer, it's more a matter of weeks than months," Spahn told a news conference, adding...
- No sufficient data to be alarmed about Delta Plus variant: Maharashtra COVID-19 task force memberNotably, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Monday said 21 cases of the Delta Plus variant, considered highly infectious, have been...
- Indian COVID-19 variant greatest threat to US pandemic response: US infectious disease expert FauciThe Delta variant is more easily transmitted than the original COVID-19 variant and is becoming the globally dominant version of the diseas...
- 'Delta Plus' variant of coronavirus found in MP: OfficialsThe development came even as the second wave of the pandemic is waning in Madhya Pradesh and restrictions imposed to prevent the spread of ...
- Sputnik V more effective on 'Delta' COVID-19 variant than any other vaccine: RDIFTaking to Twitter, the official handle of the Russian vaccine affirmed that Sputnik V's efficacy is better on the Delta variant than any ot...
- UK PM Boris Johnson delays lockdown easing by a month, citing Delta variant riskUnder the final stage of a plan outlined by Johnson in February, he had hoped to lift most social restrictions on June 21, meaning pubs, re...
- Covid Delta variant found in India may have mutated into a more dangerous drug-resistant Delta+According to Public Health England, 63 genomes of Delta (B.1.617.2) with the new K417N mutation had been identified so far.
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