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No need to panic about Delta Plus variant, says Karnataka Health Minister
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 25 (ANI): There is no need to panic about the Delta Plus variant of the Covid-19 virus, said Health and Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar on Friday, adding that genomic sequencing labs will be set up at six places.
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Delta Plus may not be important for transmissibility but perhaps crucial f
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): Delta Plus or AY.1 will always remain a variant of concern (VoC) as it is mutated from the Delta variant (B.1.617.2), which is also a VoC, informed the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) on Friday.
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COVID-19: INSACOG to discuss status, spread of Delta plus variant today
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genetics Consortium (INSACOG) in its weekly review meeting today will discuss the status and spread of Delta plus variant of COVID-19, said sources.
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'Why no large-scale testing to prevent spread of Delta plus variant of COV
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday asked the Centre why large-scale testing is not being done to check and prevent the spread of the Delta plus variant of COVID-19 and sought to know the effectiveness of vaccines against it.
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Too early to predict if Delta Plus will contribute to 3rd Covid-wave, depe
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): It is too early to say whether Delta Plus, the new mutant version of the Delta strain of COVID-19 first detected in India and labelled as a "variant of concern" by the Centre will be responsible for a third wave of Coronavirus, which according to experts
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'Stop fooling us and we know the reality', Uttarakhand HC reprimands state
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 24 (ANI): The Uttarakhand High Court reprimanded the state government for the manner in which it was preparing to deal with the third wave of COVID-19 and asked it to gear up for the Delta Plus variant.
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Indonesia detects 211 more contagious variants of concern
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], June 23 (ANI/Xinhua): As many as 211 or 9.41 per cent of the total 2,242 samples of COVID-19 cases tested with the whole genome sequencing method in Indonesia are more contagious variants of concern, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
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21 cases of Delta Plus COVID-19 variant found in seven districts: Mahar
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 23 (ANI): Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Wednesday said that 21 cases of Delta Plus variant of coronavirus have been found in seven districts of the state.
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ICMR, NIV to study if vaccines in India can neutralise Delta Plus variant
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): Following the detection of 'Delta Plus' variant in COVID patients in some parts of the country, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the National Institute of Virology (NIV) have decided to conduct a study to see if the new and more potent va
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Delta Plus variant: Centre writes to Maharashtra, MP, Kerala to take up im
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): The Union Health Ministry wrote to the chief secretaries of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Kerala and requested them to take up immediate containment measures as cases of Delta Plus variant were found in these three states.
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COVID-19: Delta Plus still 'variant of interest', 40 cases reported so far
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): A total of 40 cases of Delta Plus variant of COVID-19 coronavirus has been detected in the country, government sources informed on Wednesday, adding that most of the infections were from Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu.
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Centre advises Maharashtra, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh on Delta Plus Covid-19
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Union Health Ministry on Tuesday advised Maharashtra, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh on the presence of the Delta Plus mutation of the Covid-19 virus, that has been pegged as 'variant of concern' (VOC), in certain districts of these states.
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