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“We need to develop a strategy where we can reach people,” said Dr. Randeep Guleria. New Delhi: The rise of Covid in the country is due to a new strain and the situation is exactly the same as in the UK when the virus underwent a mutation at Christmas, said …

CALCUTTA: West Bengal reported the first case of a mutant coronavirus strain to appear in the UK, a senior health official said on Wednesday. The patient, the son of a senior official at Calcutta Medical College and Hospital, tested positive for the mutant strain VUI-202012/01 after returning from London, the …

NEW DELHI: In the wake of a mutated variant of coronavirus detected in the UK, a genomic surveillance consortium was formed for epidemiological and laboratory surveillance of circulating SARS-CoV-2 strains in India, the Center said on Saturday. The genomic surveillance consortium, INSACOG, has been formed under the leadership of the …

Scientists are puzzled by the rapid evolution of the new strain of the new coronavirus. First detected in the UK a fortnight ago, it has mutated 23 times in a few months. This is rare. One year after the pandemic, the new strain has brought us back to where we …

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 …

A few hours after the Center and the Tamil Nadu government banned all flights from the UK due to a new coronavirus strain found in the country, a passenger who landed in Chennai from London via Delhi tested positive for COVID-19. “A passenger who came to Chennai from the UK …

There is growing alarm around the world after scientists in the UK described a recently identified variant of the coronavirus which appears to be more contagious than, and genetically distinct, more established variants. The new variant will be called VUI-202012/01, the UK’s first “Variant Under Investigation” in December 2020. Even …

NEW DELHI: India decided on Monday to suspend all flights to and from the UK between December 23 and December 31 amid fears of a new, more infectious coronavirus variant found in the country. India has joined a growing list of countries such as Canada, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, …

LONDON: British Health Secretary Matt Hancock said Sunday that the government imposed a strict Christmas blockade on London and the south-east of England because a new strain of the coronavirus was “out of control”. Hancock warned that the strict measures affecting almost a third of England’s population could be maintained …