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COVID-19 vaccines less effective against Delta variant: WHO
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Current COVID-19 vaccines are less effective against the Delta coronavirus variant, which was first detected in India, but they still prevent severe disease and death, Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization's technical lead for COVID-19
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Study evaluates reason behind increased transmission in SARS-CoV-2 variant
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 21 (ANI): Recently a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine study found that although two SARS-CoV-2 variants are associated with higher transmission, patients with these variants show no evidence of higher viral loads in their upper respiratory tracts compared to the control
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COVID-19: 3 deaths from Delta variant in MP's Shivpuri
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Shivpuri (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 20 (ANI): A district hospital in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri has confirmed the death of three people who were infected with the Delta variant of COVID-19, which was first identified in India.
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New data suggests low risk of COVID-19 reinfection in population: Public H
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 20 (ANI): Public Health England (PHE) on Thursday published population surveillance data on possible coronavirus (COVID-19) reinfections and said that the new data suggests a low risk of virus in the population.
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UK reports over 10,000 COVID-19 cases for 3rd consecutive day
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain reported more than 10,000 coronavirus cases for a third consecutive day on Saturday as there has been a 79 percent rise in the highly contagious Delta variant in the country in the past week.
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Everyone is predicting a third wave: Dr M V Padma Srivastava of AIIMS
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Amid the fear of a possible third wave of COVID-19 pandemic as the country gradually eases restrictions, Dr M V Padma Srivastava, head of department of neurology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) said that everyone is predicting a third wave
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German envoy fears 4th wave of COVID-19, says, 'more transmissible, vaccin
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): While many countries are fearing third wave of coronavirus, German Ambassador to India, Walter J Lindner on Saturday cautioned that a fourth wave may arrive as COVID numbers of potentially more transmissible and vaccine-resistant variants especially 'Delta'
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Four lions at Chennai's Arignar Anna Zoological Park found infected with d
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 19 (ANI): The Genome sequencing analysis of four samples taken from lions at the Arignar Anna Zoological Park in Vandalur revealed that they were all affected by the delta (B.1.617.2) variant of COVID-19.
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COVID-19:Biden warns of 'potentially deadlier' delta variant, urges public
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 19 (ANI): Cautioning Americans against the highly transmissible delta variant that appears to be "particularly dangerous" for young people, US President Joe Biden on Friday (local time) urged people to take the shot as soon as possible.
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Delta variant 'well on its way' to becoming globally dominant, says WHO Ch
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 18 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Friday said that the Delta variant is "well on its way" to becoming the dominant variant globally because of its significantly increased transmissibility.
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Delta COVID-19 variant spreading fast in Germany, says government agency
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], June 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Although the share of the COVID-19 Delta variant in Germany is only six per cent of the new cases today, the strain is spreading at a fast pace, Lothar Wieler, president of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), said at a press conference here on Friday.
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COVID-19: INSACOG to release report on Delta plus variant soon
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics, or INSACOG - a consortium of four city clusters - Bengaluru, Hyderabad, New Delhi and Pune, will soon release a report on Delta plus variant, government sources informed on Friday.
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