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Guidelines on international travel: India lists more countries for post-ar
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 3 (ANI): The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday imposed restrictions on passengers from additional countries, citing the reports of new mutations in SARS-CoV-2 and the rising number of "Variants of Concern (VOCs) and Variants of Interest (Vols)
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Study shows downside of not receiving second shot of COVID-19 vaccine
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 31 (ANI): A new study has shown that two months after the second Pfizer/Moderna vaccination, antibody response decreases 20 per cent in adults with prior cases of COVID-19. The study also tested how well current vaccines resist emerging variants.
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Antibody protects against broad range of COVID-19 virus variants, study fi
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 21 (ANI): The virus that causes COVID-19 today is not the same as the one that made people fall sick way back in December 2019. Many of the variants circulating now are partially resistant to some of the antibody-based therapeutics that were developed based on the ori
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Leadership rose to the challenge in second wave of COVID-19, efforts made
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 14 (ANI): Noting that the country suffered from a terrible second wave of COVID-19 due to the new variants and other unexpected factors, President Ram Nath Kovind said on Saturday that the leadership rose to the challenge, efforts were made war-footing to plug th
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New Covid mutants can reach anywhere any time, warns Centre
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): New COVID-19 mutants can reach anywhere at any time, said the Central government on Tuesday, adding that it is monitoring Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and Delta Plus variants.
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Number of cases in third COVID wave will depend on variants and strains: D
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): IIT Kanpur and IIT Hyderabad have predicted the third wave of COVID-19 in mid-August that will see a rise in cases in October, but top microbiologist and virologist, Dr Gagandeep Kang said that this will depend on the type of variants, and added that if
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Covaxin is effective against Delta Plus variant of Covid-19, says study
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 2 (ANI): Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin has shown less reduction in 'neutralizing activity' while comparing with Delta and Delta AY.1 (Delta plus) variants in those who are fully vaccinated with the vaccine according to a study by the Indian Council of
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May need COVID-19 vaccine booster shots for emerging variants: AIIMS chief
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): With various mutations of the SARS-CoV-2 emerging in the near future, there might be a need for the country to adopt a booster dose with second-generation COVID-19 vaccines, said All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) chief Dr Randeep Guleria. Read More
Assam: Fully vaccinated doctor infected with two COVID variants
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Dibrugarh (Assam) [India], July 21 (ANI): A fully vaccinated doctor in Assam's Dibrugarh district has been found to be simultaneously infected with two different COVID-19 variants of concern -- Alpha and Delta.
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Avoid travel to UK due to COVID variants spread: US tells Americans
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 20 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday has recommended that Americans avoid travel to the United Kingdom due to the prevalence of the coronavirus variants in the country.
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Delta major variant responsible for breakthrough infections during second
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 16 (ANI): A study conducted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on variants responsible for the second wave of COVID-19 has revealed that the major strain responsible for the breakthrough is the Delta variant.
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PM Modi urges CMs of North East states for strict monitoring of all COVID
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Noting the fast mutating nature of Coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday advised chief ministers of North Eastern states to strictly monitor the mutation while simultaneously tracking all COVID variants.
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