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Scientists rushing to track highly mutated BA.2.86 coronavirus variant found in four countries , WHO designates it as ‘variant under monitoring’

Aug 19, 2023, at 03:16 pm

Scientists are tracking a highly mutated variant of the virus which causes COVID-19 to understand the extent it can spread or the manner in which it can react against human immunity.

Gaps in surveillance, testing, sequencing and vaccination are continuing to create perfect conditions for a new COVID-19 variant of concern to emerge: WHO

Dec 03, 2022, at 11:24 pm

Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has once again alerted lapses in strategies to tackle Covid-19 this year continue to create the perfect conditions for a "deadly new variant" to emerge.

Amid fears over new COVID variant, India registers 8,318 fresh cases

Nov 27, 2021, at 04:17 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: India registered 8,318 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday amid concerns over a new variant called Omicron.

WHO classifies new COVID strain as 'variant of concern', names it 'Omicron'

Nov 27, 2021, at 02:28 pm

Geneva/IBNS: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the recently-detected B.1.1.529 strain of COVID-19 as a variant of concern and named it as Omicron.

Moderna studies two booster candidates to anticipate new variant-like mutations

Nov 27, 2021, at 02:07 pm

Washington/UNI/Sputnik: American pharma company Moderna said on Friday it is studying two booster candidates designed to anticipate mutations similar to the Omicron COVID-19 variant discovered in South Africa this week.

Belgium detects Europe's first case of new COVID variant

Nov 27, 2021, at 04:39 am

Brussels/IBNS: Belgium on Friday detected its first case of the new variant of COVID-19, which also marks the first infection in Europe, media reports said.

New coronavirus strain found by virologists in Pune : Report

Jun 09, 2021, at 08:26 am

Pune/IBNS: A new coronavirus variant has been detected by National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune in two people travelling from Brazil.

India's Covid cases have peaked, reflects Cambridge tracker: Report

May 12, 2021, at 08:01 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The coronavirus infections in India have reached the peak according to a tracker developed by the researchers at Cambridge Judge Business School and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, said a Bloomberg report.

UK coronavirus variant could be more lethal: Study

Mar 11, 2021, at 06:39 am

London/Sputnik: A variant of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that was first identified in southeast England in September is not only highly contagious but also seems to be more lethal than other COVID-19 strains circulating in the UK, new research published on Wednesday has found.

India records lowest daily rise of Covid-19 cases in nearly 6 months

Dec 27, 2020, at 05:01 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: India's fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours stood at 18,732, the lowest daily rise in nearly six months.