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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-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...
- 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-19: FIR against Chandrababu Naidu for creating fear over N440K strainOne M Subbaiah from Kurnool town has registered a complaint against Naidu, stating that he has created fear among the people of Kurnool by ...
- India's struggle to track new Covid variants could worsen crisisThe bad news is it won’t be only the new version of the pathogen to emerge from an outbreak of this scale, underscoring the urgency of mapp...
- The big question: Can India find a way out of its Covid nightmare?"To bring things under control, you want to vaccinate more people on a daily basis than the number of new infections. Remember that a perso...
- At 32,819 new Covid-19 cases, Kerala records highest single day jumpThe numbers of Covid infected people and the rate of the disease spread continues unabated. There is the presence of the genetically mutant...
- 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...
- Second coronavirus lineage found in India with immune escape mutation, scientists sayThe new lineage called B.1.618 is distinct from the B.1.617, also known as the ‘double mutant' virus that contains two mutations, E484Q and...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- India detects two new Covid variants, govt says no relation with recent surge in casesHealth secretary Rajesh Bhushan briefed officials at PMO on Tuesday. Niti Aayog member (health) Dr VK Paul said, “Two mutant virus strains ...
- 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...
- Coronavirus: SpiceHealth, CSIR-IGIB launch genome sequencing lab at Delhi airport"We have started a pilot project with SpiceHealth here at the airport to find out if we can generate the 'sequence' in less than 48 hours a...
- India to scale up gene surveillance of SARS Cov2 in light of UK mutationThe Union health ministry is also considering sequencing the genes of all those who came into the country from the UK and tested positive f...
- Coronavirus vaccine will be equally effective against new mutant of coronavirus: CSIR DGThe CSIR's Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), Delhi and Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad have...
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