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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...- 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.
- Good news about coronavirus emerges even though double mutant variant found in the USAccording to US media, Stanford Health Care Spokesperson Lisa Kim said that the new variant has two mutations, including one found in the C...
- 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...
- The SARS-COV-2 variants at play: All you need to knowAny changes in the viral genetic sequence during replication is known as a mutation and viruses with new mutations are sometimes known as v...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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,...
- 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...
- Covishield, Covaxin effective against UK, Brazillian variants; work against South African strain on: GovtICMR Director-General Balram Bhargava said that mutations are sporadic and single mutations are not found to be dominant in any particular ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Need to change Covaxin composition not felt yet due to vaccine's good efficacy against mutant variants: GovernmentProviding details of the efficacy rate of Covaxin and Covishield vaccines against each of the mutations, he said there was no significant d...
- WHO, vaccine makers train guns on any new mutations of Covid-19The emergence of mutant strains of the SARS Cov2 virus has raised fear of another wave of the pandemic that could lead to ineffective vacci...
- 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...
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