NEW DELHI: The judicious use of therapies that have not been established for the treatment of Covid-19 is responsible for putting “immune pressure on the virus” and leads to mutations of the virus, ICMR director general Dr. Balram Bhargava. “Those therapies that are touted as ‘antiviral therapies’ or ‘anti-Covid’ and …
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However, the Health Minister noted that the British variant of the new coronavirus has yet to be found in the state. Kerala Health Minister KK Shailaja announced that genetic mutations were found in the SARS-CoV-2 samples studied in Kerala. SARS-CoV-2 causes COVID-19. However, the Health Minister noted that the British …
Read More »DH Deciphers | As the government tracks arrivals from the UK, what we know, what we don’t know about the new strain of coronavirus
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 …
Read More »LIVE MARKET: Sensex falls 700 pts from the high of the day; Bajaj Finance falls 3%
Photo: Kamlesh Pednekar LIVE market updates: India’s benchmarks quickly erased their opening gains and fell into the red, down more than half a percent, in early morning trading Tuesday as investors were unable to shake off concerns amid. of the new strain of Covid-19. The S&P BSE Sensex was hovering …
Read More »The coronavirus is mutating. What does that mean to us?
By: New York Times | Updated: December 22, 2020 12:22:34 am People wait on the esplanade at Paddington Station in London, after the announcement that London will move to Level 4 Covid-19 restrictions starting at midnight on Saturday, December 19, 2020 (Stefan Rousseau, PA via AP) . Written by Apoorva …
Read More »Government is alert, no need to panic: Health Minister on new Covid-19 strain in UK
By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 21, 2020 3:34:03 pm Union Minister of Health, DR Harsh Vardhan Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said on Monday that the government was on alert about the new strain of coronavirus that has emerged in the UK and called …
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