Both Omicron, Delta will co-circulate, Coronavirus is here to stay in future, opine experts

Both Omicron, Delta will co-circulate, Coronavirus is here to stay in future, opine experts

Dr T Jacob John, former director of ICMR’s Centre of Advanced Research in Virology said that both the variants of Omicron and Delta will co-circulate in the time to come. Even as we are at a long distance from the end of the Covid-19 third wave, health experts have opined that the disease is going … Read more

Coronavirus: Is Delta variant making children severely sick? This is what experts say

Coronavirus: Is Delta variant making children severely sick? This is what experts say

Dr Dumois further said that governments should also look at the possibility of vaccinating older kids quickly. Even as cases of Coronavirus have largely declined in most parts of the country and vaccination footprint is on the rise, the concerns related to the Delta variant and its exposure to children remain on the minds. Can … Read more

Covid-19: Delta variant 8 times less sensitive to vaccine protection, causes re-infection among recovered patients

Covid-19: Delta variant 8 times less sensitive to vaccine protection, causes re-infection among recovered patients

Agrawal further said that a good part about the vaccine was their ability to reduce the severity of the infection by several notches among the patients. A recent study has shown what was long feared about the Delta variant of Coronavirus, that it spreads at an extremely fast rate and also evades the immune response … Read more

Delta variant of Coronavirus behind severe infection among young people, say US health experts

Delta variant of Coronavirus behind severe infection among young people, say US health experts

A section of health experts have also said that the rise in infections and resultant conditions among young patients is also on account of low vaccination coverage among them. Even as the threat of widespread transmission of Coronavirus has substantially dissipated in the United States, health experts have highlighted that cases of Coronavirus caused by … Read more

How effective are antibodies against Delta, Delta plus variants? Here’s what experts say

How effective are antibodies against Delta, Delta plus variants? Here’s what experts say

Dr Maurya further said that luckily he had not encountered patients who were infected for the second time with delta variant after recovering from the virus earlier. Even as the second wave of Covid-19 has subsided substantially in all parts of the country, there are fears related to the newer variants of Coronavirus, including Delta … Read more