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Covaxin phase II/III clinical trials for 2-18 age group to begin in 10-12
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): Bharat Biotech is set to begin the phase II and III clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin in children in the age group of 2 to 18 years in the next 10-12 days, informed VK Paul, Member (Health), Niti Aayog on Tuesday.
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Kejriwal urges Centre to suspend air services with Singapore, priortise va
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): Amid concerns of a third wave of COVID-19 in the country, which according to many heath experts is likely to target children, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday said a new COVID variant detected in Singapore is said to be deadly for children a
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No specialised kits to detect, Pak denies presence of B.1.617 Covid varian
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], May 18 (ANI): Pakistan has officially denied that the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus has entered the country, despite experts noting that it does not have specialised kits to detect the highly contagious COVID-19 mutation.
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Pfizer, Moderna vaccines effective against Covid variants found in India:
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 18, (ANI): The Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus vaccines appear to protect against COVID variants B.1.617 and B.1.618 first identified in India, researchers have reported in a new pre-print paper, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, CNN reported.
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16 COVID-19 variants found active in Uttarakhand, says state health dept
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 17 (ANI): At least 16 variants of coronavirus have been found active in Uttarakhand, according to a report of samples sent by the state government for genome sequencing for the virus.
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Surge of COVID infections during 2nd wave attributed to double-mutant stra
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], May 16 (ANI): The PGIMER on Sunday confirmed that the surge in COVID-19 cases due to the second wave has somewhat been attributed to the B.1.617 variant strain.
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COVAXIN effective against coronavirus strains found in India, UK
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 16 (ANI): Vaccination with Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine - COVAXIN, has produced neutralising titres (concentration) against all key emerging variants tested, including the B.1.617 and B.1.1.7, first identified in India and the United Kingdom, the vaccine manufa
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Pak's Punjab witnessing coronavirus cases with multiple COVID-19 strains:
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 15 (ANI): As the deadly third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Pakistan, the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department has uploaded a fresh study that says the country's Punjab province has been facing circulation of multiple strains of coronavirus with
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COVID-19 variant, first identified in India, likely to dominate in UK: Eng
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
London [UK], May 15 (ANI): The B.1.617.2 variant of COVID-19, first identified in India, is likely to take over and dominate in the United Kingdom, said England's Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty on Friday.
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Global airport traffic rebounds but full recovery years away: Fitch
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [USA], May 13 (ANI): Airport traffic is rebounding off of pandemic troughs in most countries though Fitch Ratings' latest quarterly Global Airport Tracker report says the proverbial runway to normal will not be in sight for years.
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COVID-19: European Commission calls on EU member states to temporarily res
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], May 13 (ANI): The European Commission on Wednesday called on the EU Member States to take coordinated action to further restrict travel from India on a temporary basis, with a view to limiting the spread of the B.1.617.2 variant, first detected in India.
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WHO confirms COVID-19 variant B.1.617 has three sub-lineages
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 12 (ANI): COVID-19 variant B.1.617, which was first identified in India last year and has been classified as a variant of global concern, has three sub-lineages, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official informed on Wednesday.
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