May 21, 2021 — The COVID-19 vaccines authorized for use in the United States and Europe offer protection against the four main coronavirus variants known to exist, a World Health Organization official says. “All COVID-19 virus variants that have emerged so far do respond to the available approved vaccines,” WHO European Regional Director Hans … Read more
Director of CSIR’s Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology and INSACOG Anurag Agarwal speaks to Anubhuti Vishnoi on the Sars-Cov-2 variants. On variants in India The B.1. 617.2 the sub lineage of B.1. 617 is rising faster than B.1.617.1. In some parts of the country, the B.1.117 (Kent variant) is still dominant like in Punjab … Read more
The latest study shows that the UK variant (B1.1.7 lineage of SARS CoV-2) is declining in India, while the Indian variant (B.1.617) is rising and is largely responsible for the recent surge in cases in many states. An analysis by Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), which assessed more than 3,500 samples as on May 4, … Read more