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In this March 26, 2021, file photo, a member of the Philadelphia Fire Department prepares a dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site setup at a Salvation Army location in Philadelphia. (Photo: AP)

Johnson & Johnson's single-dose vaccine shows promising signs against Delta variant

According to the company report, the vaccine generated strong, persistent activity against the Delta variant

02 Jul 2021 9:17 AM

A young boy walks past a mural promoting vaccination for COVID-19 in Duduza township, east of Johannesburg, South Africa. (Photo: AP)

Delta Covid variant likely driving huge infection surge in South African province

The NICD on Friday said nationally there had been 18,762 new COVID-19 infections and 215 COVID-19 related deaths overnight

27 Jun 2021 9:08 AM

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. (via AP)

Delta the 'most transmissible' of variants identified so far, spreading rapidly among unvaccinated populations: WHO chief

Delta, now reported in 85 countries globally, continues to be reported in new countries across all WHO Regions

26 Jun 2021 11:45 AM

Karan Thapar | Mind the gap: Covishield’s 2nd jab sets off controversy

Paradoxically, three days after India’s May decision, and because of the threat of the Delta variant, the UK reduced the gap to eight weeks

25 Jun 2021 12:40 AM

Studies have shown that the available vaccines work against variants, including the delta variant. (Photo: PTI/File)

What should I know about the delta variant?

Experts say the delta variant spreads more easily because of mutations

24 Jun 2021 11:30 AM

We have the tools, so let's use them and crush the outbreak, Fauci said. (AP)

Delta COVID-19 variant greatest threat to U.S. pandemic response: Fauci

Fauci said that the vaccines authorized in the United States, including the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, are effective against the new variant

23 Jun 2021 12:38 PM

Health workers sit behind a plastic sheet separating them from people receiving the COVID-19 vaccine In Imphal, India, Monday, June 21, 2021. (AP)

Is India's second Covid wave over? Health experts don't think so

The end of this wave may yet be far away as more transmissible new variants such as Delta plus variant are emerging

22 Jun 2021 1:32 PM

Sri Lankan health officials collect swab samples from people to test for the coronavirus in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 10, 2021. (AP/Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lanka detects first community case of Delta variant of coronavirus

Sri Lanka's COVID-19 vaccination began in late January with India's gift of 500,000 Covishield AstraZeneca vaccines

18 Jun 2021 1:34 PM

Vaccines, treatments and tests that detect the virus may also be less effective against a variant of concern. (Photo: AP/File)

US CDC classifies Delta variant as 'variant of concern'

Previously, the CDC had considered the Delta variant to be a variant of interest

17 Jun 2021 10:44 AM

Delta plus: New Covid variant identified, experts say no cause of concern for now

Delta plus is resistant to the monoclonal antibody cocktail treatment for COVID-19 recently authorised in India

14 Jun 2021 6:11 PM

The US embassy has decided to start an intensive two months of interviews starting July 1. (AA file photo)

US resumes visas for students

Parents will not be allowed to accompany the students to the US to help them settle as tourist (B1/B2) visas are still not being issued

14 Jun 2021 8:34 AM

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