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  No 'Delmicron' virus yet, time to fight Omicron: Health experts

  India | December 25, 2021 13:30 IST

  As the debate rises in India over a new Coronavirus strain being called 'Delmicron', leading health experts on Saturday advised people not to pay heed to rumours and wait for the global health agencies like the World Health Organisation (WHO) or US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to confirm or deny the presence of such Covid variant.

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  No case of MU variant in India, keeping close watch: Centre

  India | September 03, 2021 14:09 IST

  Commenting on the MU variant, NITI Ayog Member (Health) Dr V.K. Paul said that government and health scientists are keeping a close watch on this variant of interest.

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  Kappa variant of Covid-19 found in UP patient

  India | July 09, 2021 16:04 IST

  The strain was detected during the genome sequencing exercise. His sample was collected on June 13 as a routine and sent to CSIR's Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi that has confirmed the Kappa strain in the sample.

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  Vietnam's new COVID variant, hybrid of India and UK strains, replicating quickly

  India | June 02, 2021 8:38 IST

  Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said Vietnam would soon publish genome data of the newly identified variant, which he said was more transmissible than the previously known types, reported UK-based news agency.

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  EXPLAINER: How worrying is the variant first seen in India?

  World | May 18, 2021 19:49 IST

  The COVID-19 variant first identified in India has been classified as a “variant of concern” by Britain and the World Health Organisation, meaning there is some evidence that it spreads more easily between people, causes more severe disease, or might be less responsive to treatments and vaccines.

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  Pakistan's Punjab witnessing coronavirus cases with multiple COVID-19 strains: Study

  World | May 15, 2021 8:29 IST

  Meanwhile, Pakistan on Tuesday crossed another grim milestone as the number of COVID-19 deaths in the country exceeded 19,000.

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  Super 100 | 216 crore vaccine doses to be available in 5 months: Govt

  News | May 13, 2021 23:00 IST

  "Two billion doses (216 crore) will be made in the country in five months for India and for people of India. Vaccine will be available for all as we move forward," Niti Ayog Member VK Paul said, adding by the first quarter of the next year, the number is likely to be three billion, news agency ANI reported.

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  WHO didn't use term 'Indian Variant' for B.1.617 strain: Health Ministry

  India | May 13, 2021 0:05 IST

  The Union Health Ministry has clarified that the World Health Organisation (WHO) has not classified B.1.617 mutant of the novel coronavirus as an "Indian Variant" in its document.

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  Black Fungus Symptoms: Identify signs & symptoms of mucormycosis in COVID cases

  Health | May 13, 2021 6:25 IST

  Mucormycosis, also known as black fungus, is caused by a group of molds called mucormycetes. It is very important to identify the signs and symptoms of black fungus infection because it can turn dangerous if left untreated. Also know what are the dos and don'ts in COVID patients.

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  WHO classifies Indian Covid strain as 'variant of concern'

  World | May 10, 2021 23:28 IST

  The B-1617 variant of the coronavirus, first identified in India, has been classified as a “variant of concern” at the global level by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

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  What Is The new AP strain of COVID-19 and How Lethal it is? Know from India's top doctors

  News | May 04, 2021 21:00 IST

  Amid reports that coronavirus variant N440K is more virulent and spreading "a lot more" in southern states of the country, experts have suggested that there is no need for people to panic.

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  More virulent COVID strain, insufficient infra have led to more deaths in Delhi: Experts

  India | May 04, 2021 18:55 IST

  A more virulent strain of coronavirus, insufficient infrastructure to handle critical cases and hoarding of essential drugs have led to more deaths in Delhi, experts said on Tuesday, a day after the city registered a record 448 deaths. 

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  Hong Kong health adviser warns of 5th COVID-19 wave after discovery of case with mutant strain

  World | April 30, 2021 12:47 IST

  Chinese University respiratory medicine expert Professor David Hui Shu-cheong said that the government might need to look into tightening social-distancing measures once more if local COVID-19 infections rose rapidly.

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  India's double mutant Covid variant found in 17 countries: WHO

  World | April 28, 2021 16:33 IST

  Up till April 27, B1617 variant had been detected in over 1,200 sequences uploaded on the open-access database GISAID (the Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data) "from at least 17 countries", the global health agency said in its weekly epidemiological update on the pandemic. 

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  'Indian strain' of coronavirus spreads faster, but little evidence of it being more lethal: Experts

  India | April 27, 2021 17:26 IST

  The 'Indian strain' of the coronavirus carries higher transmissibility similar to the UK variant, but there is little evidence so far of it being more lethal than the original virus, experts have said. 

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  UK, mutant COVID-19 strains found in samples tested in Uttarakhand

  India | April 20, 2021 12:44 IST

  Uttarakhand government has imposed a night curfew from 9 pm to 5 am in all districts of Uttarakhand in view of a spike in COVID-19 cases.  

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  Wearing 2 masks doubles protection against Covid-19 virus: Scientists

  Science | April 17, 2021 12:43 IST

  The reason for the enhanced filtration isn't so much adding layers of cloth but eliminating any gaps or poor-fitting areas of a mask, according to the study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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  Over 80 cases of British Covid-19 strain confirmed in Russia

  World | April 06, 2021 7:44 IST

  More than 80 cases of the British coronavirus variant have been registered in Russia, all of them are imported cases, Anna Popova, the head of the Russian public health watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor, said.

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  India's total cases of mutant COVID-19 strains reach 795

  India | March 23, 2021 19:33 IST

  The total number of cases with the UK, South Africa and Brazil variants of SARS-CoV-2 in the country has reached 795, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday as India is witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases.

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  South Africa variant of coronavirus not found in India till now: Govt

  India | February 09, 2021 19:25 IST

  There is no evidence of the presence of the South Africa variant of the coronavirus in India as of Monday but the government is keeping a watch on it, said NITI Aayog member (Health) Dr V K Paul on Tuesday.