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This new variant is concerning because it is more transmissible and has mutated more than the new variant that has been discovered in the UK, authorities said. In the UK, two cases of another new South African-related coronavirus have been identified, Health Secretary Matt Hancock revealed in London on Wednesday. …

Coronavirus News LIVE Updates: The South African variant of Covid-19, two cases of which have now been detected in the UK, is likely to be more transmissible, may affect young people more, and may be slightly more resistant to vaccines, scientists in South Africa believe. However, research is still continuing …

Amid concerns about the novel Coronavirus mutant found in the UK and the rest of the world that subsequently rushed to close its doors to Britain, another variant has now been found, which has ties to South Africa. Here’s what we know so far about the South African variant 1. …

Karnataka’s Health Department said it had screened all travelers who came to the state from the UK on December 20 and 21 and their test results are awaited. The Karnataka government on Wednesday issued a new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for returnees from the UK, requiring RT-PCR testing at airports …

A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, recently emerged in the UK, causing panic around the world. Many countries, including India, have cut air links to the UK as a result. The new variant is up to 70% more transmissible than the original SARS-CoV-2 strains, making it …

NEW DELHI: On Wednesday, the government called Rahul Gandhi’s tweet about the cancellation of the India-Russia summit “false and misleading”, explaining that the scheduled meeting between the two nations was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Earlier today, the congressional leader blamed a news report claiming that the recent cancellation …

Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has applied for the Emergency Use Authorization of its COVID-19 COVAXIN vaccine again with the Comptroller General of Drugs of India (DCGI), sources told News18 on Wednesday. COVAXIN, an inactivated candidate vaccine, is currently in phase III human clinical trials with 26,000 volunteers at 25 centers in …

Coronavirus: The number of active cases in India has plummeted to less than 3 lakh after 5.5 months. New Delhi: India recorded 23,950 new coronavirus cases and 333 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, government data shows. The number of daily cases was 22 percent higher than yesterday …

The nightly curfew will be in effect between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m. from December 24, 2020 to January 2, 2021. The nightly curfew, which was previously announced by Karnataka’s Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday morning as a precaution against the spread of COVID-19, will be implemented from December …

Eight crew members tested positive for the virus. The shooting of superstar Rajinikanth Annaatthe reportedly stopped due to multiple COVID-19 cases on film set. A source close to Rajinikanth confirmed that around eight members of the technical team tested positive for the coronavirus and as a precaution, filming was temporarily …