High immune response to Covid variants in breakthrough cases after 2 Covaxin jabs: ICMR study

High immune response to Covid variants in breakthrough cases after 2 Covaxin jabs: ICMR study

A recent ICMR study has shown that breakthrough cases after full vaccination with Covaxin have shown a significant increase in the immune response against coronavirus’ variants of concern — Beta, Delta and Omicron. Individuals who recovered from Covid also showed significant immunity boost post-vaccination with Covaxin but lower than the breakthrough cases.However, those who had … Read more

Two more Covid variants under investigation

Two more Covid variants under investigation

In case new mutations are detected, these teams will carry out contact tracing, epidemiological investigation, make clinical assessment and take necessary measures. India’s genome sequencing consortium INSACOG has completed sequencing of 58,240 samples and is monitoring Covid-19 variants of concern, including Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and Delta Plus. There are two more variants under investigation … Read more