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50 cases of Delta Plus COVID-19 variant recorded in India: Govt sources
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): As many as 50 cases of Delta Plus variant of COVID-19 have been recorded across 11 states in India, government sources said on Friday.
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No need to panic about Delta Plus variant, says Karnataka Health Minister
Updated : 4 years, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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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Dehradun DM orders COVID-19 tests for passengers arriving at Jollygrant Ai
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 25 (ANI): In view of the detection of new variants of the coronavirus in many states of the country, the District Magistrate (DM) of Dehradun, Dr Ashish Srivastav on Friday issued strict instructions for Covid-19 testing of air passengers, especially thos
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Too early to predict if Delta Plus will contribute to 3rd Covid-wave, depe
Updated : 4 years, 9 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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Need to monitor any vaccine-escaping COVID-19 variants, says ICMR study in
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): The result of a preliminary study conducted by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) scientists on 274 samples of breakthrough infections in Odisha has highlighted the need to monitor the emergence of any vaccine-escaping variants.
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The new BMW 5 Series launched in India
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], June 24 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The new BMW 5 Series has been launched in India today. Locally produced at BMW Group Plant Chennai, the car is available in one petrol (BMW 530i M Sport) and two diesel variants (BMW 530d M Sport and BMW 520d Luxury Line).
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'Stop fooling us and we know the reality', Uttarakhand HC reprimands state
Updated : 4 years, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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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