covid-19 variant

The Delhi government is keeping a watchful eye over the COVID-19 situation and there was no reason to worry until a new variant of concern is detected, Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Monday. Interacting with reporters here, the…

The joint Russian-Italian study — funded by the Russian Direct Investment Fund which markets Sputnik V — compared the blood serum samples of people taken three to six months after the second dose of the two vaccines. The levels of…

of concern continues to startle the world with its high infection transmissibility rates affecting large numbers of people, fears surge up with yet another highly mutated new variant.now making its way to several other countries. This new…

Omicron might have slowed some people’s plans to travel or make other big purchases, but payments stocks are a way to bet that they haven’t been permanently put aside. Shares of companies that often…

Digital display boards show cancelled flights to London - Heathrow at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 26, 2021.(Photo source:Reuters)News reports in Italy and Germany say that both countries have…

During the meeting which lasted for about two hours, the PM spoke about the need to be proactive in light of the new variant and urged people to be more cautious and take proper precautions like masking up and maintaining social distance,…

MUMBAI: India’s tour of South Africa stays on schedule. Apropos of the overriding fear of a new variant – B.1.1529 of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the Genome Sequencing Activity – reported in Botswana and South Africa, the BCCI and Cricket…

The strain has become dominant in South Africa with the country detecting nearly 100 cases as on Thursday. (Representative image)The Union Health Ministry ordered states and Union Territories to screen and test travellers from South Africa,…

"Thus far, evidence of immune escape—the ability of a variant to evade the immune system and cause reinfections or breakthrough infections—has been a red flag," said Mary Bushman, co-author of the Cell paper and a postdoctoral research…

Those who were trying to work from home reported feeling more strain than others as they were also concerned about financial difficulties and loss of income.The onslaught of the first wave of the COVID pandemic caused the country to shut…