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  Vaccine stockpiling by nations may bring new Covid-19 variants

  Science | August 18, 2021 18:11 IST

  A team of researchers from the US and Canada projected forward the incidence of Covid-19 cases under a range of vaccine dosing regimes, vaccination rates, and assumptions related to immune responses.  

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  Prevalence of Delta variant not different between vaccinated and unvaccinated groups: ICMR study

  India | August 18, 2021 10:13 IST

  B.1.617.2, or the Delta variant of covid causing Sars Cov2 was the dominant circulating strain and one of the primary drivers for the country's covid second wave.

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  Delta variant of COVID-19 spreading fast in Sri Lanka

  India | August 13, 2021 16:43 IST

  There has been a rise in the number of deaths and new COVID-19 infections driven in large part by the highly infectious Delta variant in Sri Lanka.  

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  Maharashtra: Two die due to Delta plus in Raigad, toll mounts to 4

  India | August 13, 2021 11:51 IST

  As per the data released on Wednesday, there were 65 patients infected with the Delta plus variant in the entire state. Seven of them were from Mumbai.

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  Moderna 76% effective against Covid-19 Delta variant, Pfizer 42%: Study

  Science | August 12, 2021 16:35 IST

  Researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, US, found that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was only 42 percent effective against infection in July, while the Moderna vaccine was only 76 percent effective.

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  Maharashtra: With 20 more patients, Delta Plus cases shoot up to 65

  India | August 11, 2021 20:59 IST

  Of the fresh cases, the maximum - seven - are from Mumbai, followed by three from Pune, two each from Palghar, Raigad, Nanded, and Gondia, and one each from Akola and Chandrapur districts.  

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  Delhi Health minister says, 80 per cent of fresh coronavirus cases due to Delta variant

  India | August 10, 2021 15:03 IST

  Delta variant has been found in 1,689 of the 5,752 samples from Delhi processed at the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) so far.

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  30 cases of Delta Variant detected in Maharastra, State government calls review meeting

  News | August 07, 2021 11:00 IST

  A total of 30 cases of COVID-19 Delta Variant have been detected in Maharashtra after which 13 villages in the state were instructed to raise awareness and take precautions. Maharastra government has scheduled a review meeting today at 11 AM.

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  30 people infected with Delta variant in Nashik

  India | August 07, 2021 8:45 IST

  The samples were sent for genome sequencing to Pune, after which all the samples tested positive for the Delta variant.

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  Covid booster shot produced robust response against Delta: Moderna

  Science | August 05, 2021 21:30 IST

  The company added that its Covid-19 vaccine does not wane away and remains durable through six months after the second dose. The result of its clinical trial, which started in late July 2020 and recruited 30,000 volunteers, showing 94.1 percent efficacy did not change much after six months, the company said in a statement.  

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  Delta variant accounts for 93.4% of new cases in US

  World | August 05, 2021 11:59 IST

  In its latest update on Wednesday, the CDC said that this number is even higher in certain parts of the country, showed the updated figures for the week ending July 31, reports Xinhua news agency.

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  Hospitals in Nepal filling up over Delta variant spread

  News | August 04, 2021 18:40 IST

  With the fresh mutant of Delta variant spreads out in Himalayan Nation exceeding cases of daily infection, shelter for COVID-19 patients has been set up at Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital. From beds to oxygen cylinders, everthing has been lined up following the growing cases of Delta COVID variant. Sukraraj Tropical Hospital which has capacity of 100 general beds patients have been admitted in 35 beds while 22 of its 28 ICU beds has been occupied.

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  New York City draws new battle lines as Delta variant surges

  World | August 04, 2021 8:01 IST

  Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the new requirements on Tuesday, making New York the first big city in the US to draw these battle lines as Covid delta variant surges. 

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  What should I know about the delta variant?

  World | August 03, 2021 21:03 IST

  Viruses constantly mutate, and most changes aren't concerning. But the worry is that unchecked spread could fuel mutations and produce a variant that's even more contagious, causes more severe illness or evades the protection that vaccines provide.

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  Scientists find drug cocktail effective against Delta, Beta variants

  World | August 02, 2021 21:53 IST

  The team from National University of Singapore (NUS) found that a combination of antiviral molnupiravir and anti-inflammatory baricitinib can be effective against the Beta and Delta variants of the virus, the Strait Times reported.

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  US sees rise in respiratory virus, Delta infections among children

  Science | August 02, 2021 15:35 IST

  Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed that cases of RSV have risen gradually since early June, with an even greater spike in the past month, the New York Times reported. RSV leads to runny nose, coughing, sneezing and fever.

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  Global spike in Covid cases may lead to dangerous variants

  Science | August 01, 2021 21:44 IST

  The World Health Organisation has announced an 80 percent average increase over the past four weeks in five of the health agency's six regions, a jump largely fuelled by the Delta variant.

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  COVID-19 Delta variant produces similar viral loads in vaccinated, unvaccinated: Study

  World | July 31, 2021 7:30 IST

  The CDC updated its masking recommendation on Tuesday, urging vaccinated Americans to resume wearing masks in schools and in public indoor spaces in Covid-19 hot spots across the country.

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  Delta variant may spread as easily as chickenpox, cause more severe infection: Reports

  World | July 30, 2021 12:58 IST

  The document from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) outlines unpublished data that shows fully vaccinated people might spread the Delta variant, first identified in India, at the same rate as unvaccinated people.

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  3rd COVID vaccine dose strongly boosts protection against Delta variant: Pfizer

  World | July 29, 2021 7:35 IST

  Antibody levels against the Delta variant in people aged 18 to 55 who receive a third dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine are greater than five-fold than following a second dose, according to data posted at the company's teleconference, Xinhua reported.