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NEW DELHI: To closely monitor the potentially more infectious new strain of coronavirus, the Health Ministry has asked state governments to send samples from passengers who tested positive upon arrival from the UK to the National Institute of Virology ( NIV). ), Pune or any other laboratory designated for the …

BENGALURU: Karnataka Prime Minister BS Yediyurappa He said Tuesday that there is no need for a night curfew in the state. “I even got to know a person who tested positive after arriving from the UK. We are also following all the guidelines. Whoever is coming from the UK and …

India recorded 19,556 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), the lowest daily increase since July, and 301 deaths in the past 24 hours, data from the Union Ministry of Health showed Tuesday morning. India’s number of active cases also fell to 292,518, the lowest level in 162 days. Active …

Express News Service CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Health Department has expressed concern after a man, who arrived from Britain in transit from Delhi, tested positive for the coronavirus in Chennai on Tuesday. This comes amid fears about a new variant of COVID-19 that is spreading rapidly in Britain and is …

According to the company, the vaccine is developed and manufactured at Bharat Biotech’s BSL-3 biocontainment facility. “This is an unprecedented vaccine trial to be conducted in India, and we are overwhelmed by the steady increase in participation. We sincerely thank all 13,000 volunteers across the country for their support in …

National airline Air India announced on Tuesday free one-time ticket rescheduling for passengers traveling from the UK, Oman and Saudi Arabia following the government’s decision to halt air travel in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Air India said passengers who were booked to travel on now-suspended flights from the …

The new variant of SARS-CoV-2, said to have originated in south-east England, has raised concerns about the effectiveness of vaccines developed to provide immunity against coronavirus disease (Covid-19). According to a CNN report, Pfizer Inc. has begun work on generating data to analyze how well blood samples from people inoculated …

“This mutation of the virus is not affecting the severity of the disease,” said Dr. VK Paul. New Delhi: At a time when India is witnessing a decline in active coronavirus cases, a new mutation of the COVID-19 virus strain in the UK has become a ‘super-propagator’ with a transmissibility …

No cause for concern, as of now, but we have to be vigilant, says NITI member Aayog The new strain of COVID-19 reported in the UK appears to increase the transmissibility and infection rate, but the mutation has so far not affected the severity and lethality of the disease, noted …

America’s leading infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said Tuesday that it is “certainly possible” that the new variant of coronavirus found in Britain has already made its way to the United States, as dozens of countries announced bans on it. trip from the UK. During an interview on ABC’s …