London: UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock warned that the coronavirus variant first detected in India can “spread like wildfire” among those who haven’t received a vaccine against the disease. The variant is “becoming the dominant strain in some parts of the country” such as Bolton and Blackburn, Xinhua news agency …
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The World Health Organization’s chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan has claimed that the current COVID-19 variant spreading in India is more contagious, and clearly a contributing factor to the catastrophe unfolding in the country. In an interview with AFP, Soumya Swaminathan warned that the B.1.617 variant of Covid-19, which was first …
Read More »South African Covid-19 Strain Detected In 2 People, 4 Positive With Brazilian Variant: Health Ministry
New Delhi: While conducting a daily press briefing on Covid-19 situation in the country, Health Ministry on Tuesday informed that four people in India have been found to be infected with the South African variant of Coronavirus, while one has been detected to have the Brazilian virant. All five people, …
Read More »Oxford/AstraZeneca jab effective against UK Covid variant, finds study
The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and produced by has shown efficacy against the UK variant of the coronavirus, according to an ongoing study by researchers. Oxford University scientists who developed the ChAdOx1-nCoV19 vaccine have found that it remains effective against at least one of the new variants of …
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