AY.12 is, at present, the most dominant strain in Israel — 51% of samples studied have shown the prevalence of this variant. In India, the first sample of AY.12 was found on 7 Sep 2020.
While Kerala registered 31,445 cases in the past 24 hours, state officials say there is no need to panic as the high Covid numbers indicate 'flattening' of the Covid curve.
Active cases comprise 1.03% of the total infections as daily positivity rate has stayed below 3% for the last one month. The death toll has risen to 4,36,365 with 607 fresh fatalities.
Scientists from WHO-China team, tasked with studying origins of Covid, said unidentified animal hosts and early human infections have to be traced immediately because of waning antibodies.
A series of articles in journals report circulation of SARS-CoV-2 in different countries way before officially recorded. US House Committee addendum has added to the chorus.
Population-level analysis by the US's Centers for Disease Control makes a powerful case for vaccines as a means not just to reduce serious illness but also reduce chances of infection.
According to the Union health minister, the additional doses will be made available in August and all states have been asked to vaccinate all school teachers before Teachers' Day.
Trials for the vaccine, which International Vaccine Institute is developing in partnership with Bharat Biotech, are also expected to begin in Panama and Colombia by September.
Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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