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Study evaluates reason behind increased transmission in SARS-CoV-2 variant
Updated : 4 years, 8 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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German envoy fears 4th wave of COVID-19, says, 'more transmissible, vaccin
Updated : 4 years, 8 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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Whether Delta Plus evades pre-existing immunity better than Delta or Beta
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): As the coronavirus Delta variant B.1.617.2 has further mutated to 'Delta plus', virologists are concerned whether this new variant will evade pre-existing immunity better than either Delta or Beta.
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At least 19 COVID-19 strains identified in Brazil
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Rio de Janeiro [Brazil], June 15 (ANI/Sputnik): At least 19 variants of coronavirus have been identified in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo, Instituto Butantan, a Brazilian biologic research center, said in a statement.
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Preliminary study claims DRDO's anti-COVID drug 2-DG effective against all
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 16 (ANI): A new study has claimed that DRDO's anti-COVID drug 2-DG is effective against all variants of COVID-19 and the drug reduces virus multiplication.
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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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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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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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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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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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