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Indian variant B.1.617 overtaking rest of variants, mutation a global conc
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Currently among four variants widely found, the B.1.617, which is dominating the Indian topography has emerged as a global concern following its infectivity and transmitting capacity.
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Congressman Krishnamoorthi announces NOVID Act to protect US from risk of
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US] May 20, (ANI): Following new CDC guidance that fully vaccinated Americans can remove masks and resume normal activities, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi on Wednesday (local time) announced the Nullifying Opportunities for Variants to Infect and Decimate (NOVID) Act, an exp
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Nepal confirms presence of third and new variant of coronavirus
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 19 (ANI): After confirming two variants of coronavirus, Nepal on Tuesday confirmed that there were cases of third variant B.1.617.2 in the country.
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Slow vaccine roll-out could risk advent of new variants, warns Chinese exp
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Beijing [China], May 18 (ANI): Chinese infectious disease specialist has warned that slow global COVID-19 vaccine roll-out risks allowing new variants to emerge as the world continues to combat the pandemic.
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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variants B.1.617 and B.1.618 first identified in India, researchers have reported in a new pre-print paper, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, CNN reported.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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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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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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WHO urges all to refer virus variants by their scientific names
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): After several media reports referred to B.1.617 variant as 'Indian Variant', the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday clarified that it does not identify viruses or variants with names of countries they are first reported from.
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DRDO's anti-COVID 2-DG drug effective against different variants: DRDO sci
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)'s new anti-COVID drug, just approved by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) is effective against different variants of the coronavirus and helps in bringing patients out of oxygen support, sa
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Chandrababu Naidu calls for immediate universal COVID-19 vaccination
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 8 (ANI): TDP chief and former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday expressed concern that one by one, all sections of society were becoming vulnerable to COVID-19 because of the "emergence of more dangerous variants" in due course.
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Research data doesn't establish N440K variant is 'very virulent': Andhra C
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 6 (ANI): With various media reports claiming that the N440K variant prevailing in different parts of Andhra Pradesh is much more dangerous than the previous variants of COVID-19, the state government sent some samples to CCMB Hyderabad for testing and
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