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The German pharmaceutical company BioNTech is confident that its coronavirus vaccine will work against the mutated strain detected in Britain. “Scientifically, it is very likely that the immune response of this vaccine can also cope with the new virus variant,” said Ugur Sahin, co-founder of BioNTech. However, “we do not …

New strain of COVID found in the UK. Here are all your questions about the N5017 answered | Photo credit: iStock Images New Delhi: Just when we thought the COVID-19 pandemic might soon be behind us, a new strain of the new coronavirus was reported in the UK. The strain …

By: Express Web Desk | Washington | Updated: December 22, 2020 3:34:24 pm Bharat Ramamurti (Photo: Twitter) US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday appointed American Indian Bharat Ramamurti as deputy director of the National Economic Council, which is the White House’s advisory agency to the president on national and global …

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been invited as keynote guest to the Indian Republic Day parade (archive) New Delhi: It is possible that British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s visit to India (he will be the main guest at the Republic Day parade in Delhi next month) due to concerns …

Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli tried on Tuesday to consolidate his grip on the Communist Party of Nepal, incorporating his loyalists into a key party panel, even as the rival faction led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal, aka ‘Prachanda’, announced the decision to replace him as party co-chair with former …

Six passengers traveling on Air India’s London-Delhi flight tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival, a senior government official said on December 22. Read also: Coronavirus, December 22 updates The flight landed around 11.30pm on December 21. “Five COVID-positive passengers were found at the Delhi airport. A passenger, who took a …

The ruling by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) prescribing standards for the execution of trades could open a Pandora’s box for the mutual fund industry. The regulations, which were notified in late October and establish a code of conduct, have raised privacy concerns and may lead to …

The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday issued a set of standard operating procedures (SOPs) for passengers arriving from the United Kingdom (United Kingdom) amid the detection of a new variant of the novel coronavirus disease (Covid- 19) there. On Monday, the Center had announced a temporary ban on flights from …

NEW DELHI: The new strain of Coronavirud found in the UK has so far not been seen in India, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. “No significant mutation has yet been detected in the coronavirus strain in India,” the Health Ministry reported, adding that there is no cause for concern …

India has already imposed a temporary ban on all flights to and from the UK (Representative) New Delhi: A mutated and more aggressive strain of the new coronavirus, which was first identified in the UK in September, has not been seen in India until now, the government said Tuesday. The …