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Novavax's vaccine, also produced by SII, found 90 pc effective against COV
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 14 (ANI): US Biotechnology company Novavax on Monday announced that its Covid-19 vaccine provides 100 per cent protection against moderate and severe symptoms of the disease and 90.4 per cent efficacy overall in phase 3 trials.
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Covid-19 mutant B.1.617.2 responsible for increased Corona 2nd wave death
Updated : 4 years, 9 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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Delta variant more prevalent in COVID second wave in Kerala: Pinarayi Vija
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], June 11 (ANI): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday said that the more dangerous Delta variant of the Coronavirus was more prevalent in Kerala during the outbreak of the second wave of Covid in the State and added that the threat of the second
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International study contradicts western theory on susceptibility of Covid
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): An international study has revealed that genetic variants responsible for Covid-19 severity among Europeans may not play a role in susceptibility of the spread of novel coronavirus infection among South Asians.
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8 labs in 4 cities, part of CCMB-led consortium to identify Covid-19 varia
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 10 (ANI): Complementing national efforts led by INSACOG, a consortium of four city clusters - Bangalore, Hyderabad, New Delhi and Pune - has been established to upscale the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus genomic surveillance.
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Covid vaccine booster can increase immunity, help combat variants: AIIMS d
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): Dr Sanjeev Sinha, Department of Medicine, All India Medical Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi on Thursday revealed that booster dose of the covid vaccine can increase immunity and also help in combating a variant of concern.
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'Delta' COVID-19 variant found to be predominant despite complete, partial
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 10 (ANI): A preliminary study conducted by the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) Delhi claimed that the presence of COVID-19 Delta variant (B1.617.2) is predominantly found even after getting a single dose or both doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
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Lifting COVID-19 restrictions too quickly can be disastrous for those not
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Swizerland], June 7 (ANI): World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday said with the increased global transmission of variants of concern including the Delta variant, lifting restrictions too quickly could be disastrous for those who are not
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UK reports another 5,341 coronavirus cases
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain reported another 5,341 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 4,516,892, according to official figures released on Sunday.
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Vietnamese nationals board 'rescue flights' to leave Japan
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], June 6 (ANI): As many as 300 Vietnamese nationals, including trainees and students, on Saturday boarded two 'rescue flights' to their home country.
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UK reports another 5,765 coronavirus cases as govt continues to mull easin
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Britain on Saturday reported another 5,765 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as the government continues to consider whether or not to go ahead with the final step of easing restrictions on June 21.
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Delta variant prime suspect in COVID-19 cases across Varanasi: Study
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) in Hyderabad and Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi has collaboratively sequenced genomes of coronavirus variants in Varanasi and adjoining areas and have come across at least seven major strains of
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