new variants
- World
New COVID variant EG.5.1 spreading quickly in UK: Report
London: A new COVID variant which has descended from the rapidly spreading Omicron and was first flagged in the UK last month is now said to be spreading quickly in the country,…
- India
One confirmed case of XE variant detected in India: INSACOG
New Delhi: One confirmed case of the XE Covid variant has been detected in India, according to the latest bulletin of the Indian SARS-CoV2 Genomics Sequencing Consortium (INSACOG). However, the location of…
- World
France detects new Covid variant, 12 infected
Paris: French researchers have detected a new Covid variant, probably of Cameroonian origin, and have temporarily named it as ‘IHU’. The new variant from the lineage named B.1.640.2 is believed to have…
- World
China risks ‘colossal outbreak’ of COVID if it opens up: Study
Beijing: China is expected to continue its much-criticised Zero COVID policy, shutting the country to most of the world as a new study has warned of a “colossal outbreak” with over 6.30 lakh…
- India
Govt issues directives to states/UTs amidst new COVID-19 variant
New Delhi: ln view of the possible threat that the new COVID-19 variant can pose to the nation, the Centre has asked all states and UTs to focus on intensive containment, active surveillance,…
- India
‘COVID-19 cases must go down as more cases will lead to new variants’ : Expert
Hyderabad: A leading scientist in the state has now said that we cannot be satisfied with the plateau of COVID-19 cases of this level .”We have to push the cases down further…
- Hyderabad
Double mutant now spreading faster in Telangana, AP: Expert
Hyderabad: The new virus variant B.1.617, also known as the double mutant is spreading faster and maybe Telangana is now upward in the curve said Dr. Rakesh Mishra, one of India’s foremost…
