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Women walk along a street near a bus stand in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)

India to tighten Covid testing for tourists amid new variant concerns

India, however, had not yet issued a notification, a senior government source said

26 Nov 2021 9:14 AM

Nursing staff involved with vaccination against the Covid-19 coronavirus pose for a photograph as Goddess Durga at the Ramaiah Hospital in Bangalore. (Photo: AFP)

No case of B.1.1.529 COVID-19 variant reported in India so far:...

Newly identified COVID-19 variant is causing an increase in new COVID-19 infections in South Africa

26 Nov 2021 8:05 AM

In this file photo taken on September 13, 2021 an elerly patient receives the 3rd dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine in Paris. (Photo: AFP)

WHO to meet on Friday to assess new COVID-19 variant detected in South...

The latest variant is the most heavily mutated version discovered so far

26 Nov 2021 7:21 AM

Scientists the world over will be watching the new variant for signs of gaining momentum or spreading more widely and rapidly. (Representational image)

States, UTs told to tighten COVID-19 testing for international...

The instruction comes after reports of multiple cases of a new COVID-19 variant beinf reported in Botswana, South Africa...

26 Nov 2021 5:26 AM

A health worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at Zainoel Abidin hospital in Banda Aceh. (Photo: AFP)

The older you are, the more Covid antibodies you have, study finds

Researchers observed that those who received Pfizer BioNTech or AstraZeneca vaccine had antibody levels higher than...

9 Nov 2021 8:39 AM

The researchers found that diABZI potently inhibits SARS-CoV-2 infection of diverse strains, including variant of concern B.1.351, by stimulating interferon signalling. (Representational image)

COVID-19 AY.4.2 variant frequency too low to be of concern, says...

The INSACOG said that AY.4.2 variant of COVID-19 is less than 0.1 percent of all of all variants of concern and variant...

7 Nov 2021 9:55 AM

Air China flight crew members in hazmat suits walk through the arrivals area at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Brazil and Japan joined the rapidly widening circle of countries to report cases of the omicron variant Tuesday. (AP/Jae C. Hong)

'It was scary': How South African scientists spotted the Omicron COVID...

The samples, tested in the Lancet laboratory, all bore a large number of mutations, especially on the spike protein

1 Dec 2021 5:58 AM

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (AP)

India's Covaxin found to neutralise 617 variant of COVID-19: Dr Fauci

'So, despite the real difficulty that we're seeing in India, vaccination could be a very, very important antidote...

28 April 2021 7:54 AM

View of a vial of Indias COVAXIN vaccine against COVID-19. (AFP)

COVAXIN effective against multiple variants of SARS-COV-2, double...

This development comes amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic being witnessed across the country

21 April 2021 8:17 AM

Delta plus is resistant to the monoclonal antibody cocktail treatment for COVID-19 recently authorised in India. (Representational Image: Reuters)

Delta plus: New Covid variant identified, experts say no cause of...

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

14 Jun 2021 12:41 PM

Bharat Biotechs vaccine candidate -Covaxin- has been developed in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) - National Institute of Virology (NIV) using inactivated Sars-Cov-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.(Representational Image:AFP)

WHO warns new Mu variant of COVID-19 could be more vaccine-resistant

The new 'variant of interest' is being closely monitored, the UN health agency said

2 Sept 2021 9:25 AM

Delhi is witnessing an uptick in the number of COVID-19 cases. The city logged 1,042 fresh Covid cases with a positivity rate of 4.64 per cent on Friday. (PTI file image)

Delhi's R-value 2.1 this week, every COVID infected person infecting...

The preliminary analysis by computational modelling was done by IIT-Madras

23 April 2022 5:38 AM