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Assam: Fully vaccinated doctor infected with two COVID variants
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Dibrugarh (Assam) [India], July 21 (ANI): A fully vaccinated doctor in Assam's Dibrugarh district has been found to be simultaneously infected with two different COVID-19 variants of concern -- Alpha and Delta.
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Avoid travel to UK due to COVID variants spread: US tells Americans
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday has recommended that Americans avoid travel to the United Kingdom due to the prevalence of the coronavirus variants in the country.
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PM Modi urges CMs of North East states for strict monitoring of all COVID
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Noting the fast mutating nature of Coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday advised chief ministers of North Eastern states to strictly monitor the mutation while simultaneously tracking all COVID variants.
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Kejriwal inaugurates genome sequencing lab at Hospital for detection of CO
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday inaugurated a new genome sequencing lab at ILBS Hospital for detection of COVID variants.
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Study develops low-cost method for finding new COVID variants
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 23 (ANI): During a new study, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden developed a technology for cost-effective surveillance of the global spread of new SARS-CoV-2 variants.
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SRL contributes Rs 2.95 crore to ICMR for R&D on Covid variants
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): SRL Diagnostics has donated over Rs 2.95 crore to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to strengthen the ongoing fight against Covid-19 pandemic.
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Whether Delta Plus evades pre-existing immunity better than Delta or Beta
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): As the coronavirus Delta variant B.1.617.2 has further mutated to 'Delta plus', virologists are concerned whether this new variant will evade pre-existing immunity better than either Delta or Beta.
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Vaccines effective in combating mutated Covid variants, protecting benefic
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): With several cases of Covid-19 infections being reported after partial or full vaccinations, concerns have been raised on the efficacy of vaccination against the mutated variants of the novel coronavirus.
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Germany bars visitors from Britain, N Ireland over Covid variants of conce
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Berlin [Germany], May 22 (ANI): Travellers from Britain and Northern Ireland will be barred from Sunday from entering Germany, which has classified the United Kingdom as a Covid-19 virus variant area of concern region.
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Pfizer, Moderna vaccines effective against Covid variants found in India:
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 18, (ANI): The Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus vaccines appear to protect against COVID variants B.1.617 and B.1.618 first identified in India, researchers have reported in a new pre-print paper, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, CNN reported.
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16 COVID-19 variants found active in Uttarakhand, says state health dept
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 17 (ANI): At least 16 variants of coronavirus have been found active in Uttarakhand, according to a report of samples sent by the state government for genome sequencing for the virus.
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