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Covid-19 mutant B.1.617.2 responsible for increased Corona 2nd wave death
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Jammu and Kashmir [India], June 12 (ANI): Recent epidemiological studies suggest that the SARS-CoV-2 variant, B.1.617.2, has been responsible for the raging second wave of COVID-19 infection in India, including the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
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Study shows patient on ketogenic diet living fully with IDH1-mutant gliobl
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 11 (ANI): A British man who rejected the standard of care to treat his brain cancer has lived with the typically fatal glioblastoma tumour growing very slowly after adopting a ketogenic diet, providing a case study that researchers say reflects the benefits of using the
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No need to vaccinate people who had documented COVID-19 infection, suggest
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): A group of public health experts, including doctors from AIIMS and members from the national task force on COVID-19, has recommended that there is no need to vaccinate people who had documented COVID-19 infection and underlined that mass, indiscriminate,
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84-yr-old Haryana man, first in India to get antibody cocktail against Cov
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], May 26 (ANI): An 84-year-old man from Haryana has become the first person in India to be administered the Covid drug cocktail, which came into limelight after it was administered to former US President Donald Trump when he tested positive for the virus last yea
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PM afraid of 'Indian variant' of coronavirus, says Kamal Nath; BJP ministe
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 22 (ANI): Days after the BJP alleged "Congress toolkit" referred to the new mutant of coronavirus as "Indian variant", former Chief Minister and Congress leader Kamal Nath launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that he is afr
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Surge of COVID infections during 2nd wave attributed to double-mutant stra
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 16 (ANI): The PGIMER on Sunday confirmed that the surge in COVID-19 cases due to the second wave has somewhat been attributed to the B.1.617 variant strain.
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No confirmation of N440K mutant spread in state, Chandrababu Naidu 'more d
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 6 (ANI): Refuting the allegations of TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu about detection of N440K variant of COVID-19 virus in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool, Minister of Transport and Information and Public Relations Perni Venkataramaiah (Perni Nani) clarified th
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Sukma borders on high alert over new mutant strain of COVID-19 in Andhra P
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Sukma (Chhattisgarh) [India], May 5 (ANI): The borders connecting Sukma district with Andhra Pradesh are on high alert regarding the new mutant strain of COVID in the state and people must carry an RT-PCR report to enter Sukma, informed the district administration.
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Hong Kong health adviser warns of a fifth COVID-19 wave after discovery of
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, April 30 (ANI): A top Hong Kong public health adviser has warned of a potential fifth wave of COVID-19 infections emerging in the next couple of weeks after authorities identified the city's first untraceable case with a mutant strain and evacuated hundreds from a residential bloc
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Of 15,000 virus sequences, 11pc comprise of UK, SA and Brazil VOCs; B.1.1.
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 25 (ANI): With six variants of concern (VOC) of coronavirus that is dominating global topography currently, India is grappling with three particular variants, i.e. the UK, Brazil, and South Africa, since the second COVID-19 wave struck the country.
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New coronavirus mutants seem to be undetectable by RTPCR tests: Dr Souradi
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 23 (ANI): Some new mutants of coronavirus seem to be undetectable by RTPCR tests, said Dr Souradipta Chandra, consultant physician at Delhi's Helvetia Medical Centre on Friday.
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RT-PCR test report may be negative when patients go for testing late with
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 22 (ANI): If people with symptoms go for RT-PCR test late, after seven-eight days when symptoms become high, then there is a possibility of the test report coming negative, said the director, Institute of Genomics and Integrated Biology, New Delhi.
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