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'Super infectious' Delta variant reason behind second Covid wave: Study
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): A study has revealed that the Delta variant, which was first detected in India, is "more infectious" and is also the reason behind the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Vietnam's suspicious coronavirus variant not hybrid strain: WHO
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Swizerland], June 3 (ANI/Sputnik): A suspicious coronavirus variant detected in Vietnam is part of the existing Delta strain and not a new hybrid mutation, a World Health Organization official said.
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Max Protein launches its first-ever protein peanut butter in 5 different f
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 3 (ANI/NewsVoir): Indian market is growing towards a healthier lifestyle. Today with the power of the internet, social media, influencers, health and fitness among Indians are growing at a faster pace.
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Vietnam's new COVID-19 hybrid variant 'replicating quickly'
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hanoi [Vietnam], June 2 (ANI): Vietnam's 'very dangerous' new COVID-19 hybrid variant may be fuelling its worst outbreak so far as it is replicating quickly.
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UK reports no new daily COVID deaths, first since last year
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 2 (ANI): The United Kingdom (UK) on Tuesday (local time) reported no new daily COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, for the first time since last year.
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COVID-19: WHO renames coronavirus B.1.617.2 strain as 'Delta variant'
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 1 (ANI): The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday renamed the B.1.617.2 variant of the coronavirus, first identified in India, as the 'Delta variant'.
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Philippines extends ban on travel from India, six other countries
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], June 1 (ANI): Philippines government has extended the ban on inbound travel from seven countries, including India, until June 15 to prevent transmission of the COVID-19 variant -- B.1617.
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Scientists reveal roots of major depression in all its genetic complexity
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], May 31 (ANI): A massive genome-wide association study (GWAS) of genetic and health records of 1.2 million people from four separate data banks has identified 178 gene variants linked to major depression, a disorder that will affect one of every five people during their lifet
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B.1.617.2 variant of COVID-19 is infectious, may become dominant in other
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 29 (ANI): The variant of COVID-19 first identified in India - B.1.617.2 - is infectious and there are chances that this variant may become dominant in other countries, a senior scientist has said.
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Researchers discover drug that blocks multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants in mice
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Pennsylvania [US], May 28 (ANI): The drug diABZI -- which activates the body's innate immune response -- was highly effective in preventing severe COVID-19 in mice that were infected with SARS-CoV-2, according to scientists in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
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Neutralization data provides strong support that our vaccine will continue
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 27 (ANI): Pfizer said on Thursday said that neutralisation against the B.1.617 variant of coronavirus is being tested as part of its ongoing monitoring activities.
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Vaccines effective in combating mutated Covid variants, protecting benefic
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 26 (ANI): With several cases of Covid-19 infections being reported after partial or full vaccinations, concerns have been raised on the efficacy of vaccination against the mutated variants of the novel coronavirus.
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