So far, the first generation of Covid-19 vaccines that have been released by the three companies are holding up strong against the known variants of the virus Coronavirus variants: Since the coronavirus vaccines began rolling out, there has been discussion around mutations and strains that might be able to escape from the vaccine-generated immune response. … Read more
Globally, less than half the population has been vaccinated Coronavirus new variants: Since the beginning of the pandemic, new variants have been the cause for concern for authorities, because they usher in new waves of cases along with them. However, is it possible for new SARS-CoV-2 variants to keep emerging? Well, as long as the … Read more
The more people infected with the virus, the more are the chances of random mutations. By Rajneesh Bhandari The pandemic has added words like “spike protein, delta variant, mutation etc.” to our household vocabulary, and now we have a new phrase, “Delta plus,” on the horizon. A mutation is a change in the genome sequence … Read more
Hinting at the transmission of the new strains of Coronavirus from California, he said that sudden increase in Coronavirus cases has also been reported in many other countries including Brazil, France and the United Kingdom. The state of Maharashtra is facing an acute crisis with a massive hike in double mutated strain of Coronavirus L452R … Read more
US National Institutes of Health director Francis Collins was quoted as saying that the scientific community is very worried as few more mutations could make the virus hugely infectious. With the emergence of highly transmissible variants of Coronavirus in different countries of the world, chances of the rapid increase in Coronavirus infection have gone up … Read more
The study was published in PNAS journal. Coronavirus research: Assessment of the genome sequences of SARS-CoV-2 in over 27,000 people infected with COVID-19 has led scientists to finding that the novel coronavirus has undergone minimal mutation since the outbreak first began in China at the end of 2019. This is a significant assessment, as it … Read more