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So far, 73 Indians have been detected with the new strain of COVID-19
The Central government on Wednesday said that a total of 73 persons have been detected with the new…
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Fauci is worried that delaying second COVID-19 vaccine doses could worsen the spread of mutant virus variants
Fauci said that you don't get full protection until after the second dose, and that this could enco…
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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UK's new mutant Covid-19 strain detected in Australia and Italy
With several countries in the world either suspending or temporarily halting flights to and fro fro…
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Mutant COVID-19 strain in UK doesn't appear to be deadlier, says US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy
He added that there was also no proof that Covid-19 vaccines would be less effective against t…
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Saudi Arabia halts all international flights for a week over fears of new COVID-19 strain
Saudi Arabia has halted all international flights for a week amid fears over a highly infectious ne…
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Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine will work against UK and South Africa's variants, says study
Drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech have said that their Covid-19 vaccine has been found in laboratory s…
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New York confirms first case of COVID-19 mutant strain
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said that a laboratory has confirmed the state's first case of the n…
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Warned the Centre about new COVID-19 variants and surge in cases, says scientist community
The scientific community has stated that they had hinted to the Central government about the new va…
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Delay in vaccination may lead to development of new COVID-19 variants, say healthcare experts
People should not delay taking Covid-19 vaccine as this will give virus an opportunity to develop n…
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All the coronavirus particles in the world combined weigh no more than 22 pounds, a new study estimates
Coronavirus particles, called virions, are exceedingly small. All the virions in one infected perso…
Aria Bendix
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India detects 14 new cases of mutated COVID-19 strain in UK returnees, putting the tally at 20
Twenty people with the new strain of COVID-19 have been detected in India, with 14 cases emerging i…
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Indonesia to close borders till January 14 to stop new Covid strain
The regulation exempts foreign state officials at the level of ministers and above, who are requ…
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Indian politicians encouraged a return to normal as COVID-19 cases fell. Now hospitals are overwhelmed as a 'double mutant' variant takes hold - but mass gatherings continue.
India, with 1.3 billion people, has been hit by a devastating second COVID-19 wave after politician…
Swagata Yadavar
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Coronavirus transmission among vaccinated people could raise the risk of an even more dangerous variant
As cases of the Delta variant surge, vaccinated people who don't mask up may increase the risk that…
Aylin Woodward,Hilary Brueck
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BioNTech chief says they are capable of providing a new vaccine 'in six weeks' for the COVID-19 virus variant
Sahin said that the current vaccine would most likely work for the mutant COVID-19 strain as “as…
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India records its first case of COVID-19 variant 'Omicron XE' in Mumbai
According to the WHO, XE has a community growth rate advantage of about 10 per cent as compared to …
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No contacts of UK returnees in Delhi with new variant of COVID-19 have tested positive so far
No contact of coronavirus patients detected with UK strain has tested positive in a surveillance dr…
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Bharat Biotech's Covaxin also works against the UK variant of Covid-19, says a new study
Covaxin, the Covid vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech, effectively neutralizes UK variants of SARS…
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Twenty more people in India test positive for mutant strain of COVID-19
Their close contacts have also been put under quarantine. Comprehensive contact tracing has …
PTI
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Coronavirus variants now have simple, easy-to-remember WHO names, which helps avoid the 'stigma' of referring to them by a specific country
The variant first found in the UK will be called Alpha, for example. This avoids the "stigma" of re…