Deltalike

Kolkata: While majority of the Covid-19 infection remain only mild this time around, some hospitals across the city have started getting stray cases of severe patients where the infection is involving the lungs. Genome sequencing in the few…

A SARS-CoV-2 variant with traits similar to that of the Delta variant -- enhanced transmissibility and an ability to infect people who had previous infections/vaccination -- will cause a more severe pandemic with more infections and…

"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…