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Scientists scramble to understand highly mutated coronavirus variant spott
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
The new variant, called BA.2.86 and nicknamed Pirola by variant hunters on social media, has more than 30 amino acid changes to its spike protein compared with its next closest ancestor, the BA.2 subvariant of Omicron, according to Dr Jesse Bloom, who studies viral evolution at the Fred H
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COVID-19 less severe in fully vaccinated people: Study
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Busan [South Korea], February 2 (ANI): The COVID-19 pandemic, which began in 2019, continues to mutate as it spreads further and infects more people. Vaccination, earlier looked upon with scepticism, has now become the only saviour from the never-ending cycle of the COVID-19 virus. A recent
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Putin urges for mechanism to adjust coronavirus vaccines to virus mutation
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The continuing mutations of the coronavirus call for a mechanism that would allow vaccines to be adjusted to virus changes quickly, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
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The virus will not mutate "dramatically" in the forthcoming months: Dr Ran
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): Director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi, Dr Randeep Guleria said that the virus will not mutate "dramatically" in the forthcoming months.
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Zika not spread by contact, not cause of concern for public right now: Hea
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The Zika virus, of which 14 cases have been reported in Kerala, is not spread by aerosols or contact and is not a major cause for concern at this time, said Dr Mathew Varghese, Public health expert and former director of St Stephens Hospital in Delhi.
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Experts says COVID-19 vaccines effective despite virus mutations
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], July 3 (ANI): Coronavirus vaccines remain effective in spite of the virus mutations, said an official of the St. Petersburg Pasteur Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology on Friday.
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COVID wave depends on two factors-- virus mutation, human error: AIIMS Doc
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): With overall COVID-19 cases in India declining consistently over the past few weeks, several states have started easing COVID restrictions, and crowds have started swelling in the markets, where people could be seen not wearing masks and flouting COVID appro
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Philippines logs 1,901 new COVID-19 cases, two virus mutations detected
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Manila [The Philippines], February 19 (ANI/Xinhua): The Department of Health (DOH) of the Philippines reported on Friday 1,901 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, bringing the Southeast Asian country's total tally to 557,058.
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Non-judicious use of therapies for COVID-19 leads to virus mutations: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): Non-judicious use of therapies that have not been established for COVID-19 treatment are responsible for putting "immune pressure on virus" and leads to virus mutations, ICMR Director-General Dr Balram Bhargava said on Tuesday.
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Coronavirus strain may have mutated, potentially evolving: Study
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 24 (ANI): Houston researchers have unveiled a study of over 5,000 genetic sequences of coronavirus which reveals the pathogen's virus's continuous accumulation of mutations.
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