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
The study compared the behaviour of the virus among patients who were infected with the B.1.1.7 variant and those patients who had been infected with earlier prevalent Covid-19 virus strains. Even as Coronavirus spreads with multiple variants in different countries around the world at an astronomical pace, two new studies published in Lancet Infectious Diseases … Read more
FRIDAY, April 2, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The faster-spreading COVID-19 variant first detected in the United Kingdom is on its way to becoming the dominant form of the virus in the United States. A new study found that the B.1.1.7 variant is being detected in an increasing proportion of SARS-CoV-2 samples and is 40% … Read more
The UK variant of coronavirus had 23 mutations Not the new variants, but people stopping to adhere to Covid appropriate behaviour is the reason for the surge of cases in India, said virologist Shahid Jameel. According to the expert, there is no sufficient evidence to conclude that the new variants are responsible for the sharp … Read more
New Delhi: The number of people who have tested positive for the UK variant of COVID-19 in India has climbed to 150, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. All of them have been kept in single room isolation in designated health care facilities by the respective state governments, the ministry had said earlier. Their … Read more
Jan. 15, 2021 — The CDC is urging Americans to double down on precautions to thwart the spread of the coronavirus, as the new B.1.1.7 “super strain” takes hold in the U.S. New CDC modeling shows the new strain could cause more than half of new infections in this country by March, even as … Read more
According to the study, which is yet to be peer-reviewed, the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech seems effective in neutralizing mutation in UK variant coronavirus. Covid-19 vaccine update: Here’s a piece of good news in the New Year. Even though the new Covid-19 virus strain from the UK is threatening new curbs across the world due … Read more