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Sri Lanka records over 57,000 positive COVID-19 patients in June
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], June 23 (ANI/Xinhua): Sri Lanka has recorded a total of 57,555 COVID-19 patients so far this month as the country faces a rapid spread in new variants of the virus, official statistics from the National Operations Center for the Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak showed Wed
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ICMR, NIV to study if vaccines in India can neutralise Delta Plus variant
Updated : 4 years, 9 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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Study develops low-cost method for finding new COVID variants
Updated : 4 years, 9 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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Delta Plus variant: Centre writes to Maharashtra, MP, Kerala to take up im
Updated : 4 years, 9 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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SRL contributes Rs 2.95 crore to ICMR for R&D on Covid variants
Updated : 4 years, 9 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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COVID-19: Delta Plus still 'variant of interest', 40 cases reported so far
Updated : 4 years, 9 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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Engineering nanobodies as lifesavers when SARS-CoV-2 variants attack
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 22 (ANI): Scientists at Ohio State University are pursuing a new strategy in the protracted fight against the SARS-CoV-2 virus by engineering nanobodies that can neutralise virus variants in two different ways.
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Centre advises Maharashtra, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh on Delta Plus Covid-19
Updated : 4 years, 9 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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Delhi: ITBP's Sardar Patel COVID Centre to remain operational, amid fear o
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Amid the likelihood of a third Covid-19 wave due to the emergence of Delta Plus mutation of the variant, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) has said it will not shut down the Sardar Patel COVID Centre in the national capital's Chhatarpur area.
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Delta Plus variant found in 9 countries, India reported 22 cases: Health M
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): The Delta Plus variant of the COVID-19 variant is found in nine countries, including India which has reported 22 cases, the central government said on Tuesday.
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COVID-19: INSACOG to release genomic surveillance bulletin on Delta Plus v
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genome Sequencing Consortia (INSACOG) - a consortium of four city clusters -- Bengaluru, Hyderabad, New Delhi and Pune -- will formally release the genomic surveillance bulletin on Delta Plus variant soon, according to government sources.
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21 cases of Delta plus COVID variant found in Maharashtra
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 22 (ANI): As many as 21 cases of the Delta Plus Covid variant, the mutant version of the Delta variant have been found in Maharashtra, health minister Rajesh Tope informed on Monday.
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