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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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Topic: Covid variant

US CDC classifies Covid Delta variant, first identified in India, as ‘variant of concern’

The variant of concern designation is given to strains that are believed to be transmissible or can cause severe disease. Vaccines, treatments may also be less effective against it.

Covid immunity lasts for a year, vaccine boost helps fight variants, study says

The study in journal Nature says ability of vaccine-induced antibodies to neutralise variants of concern was comparable to or greater than that against the original strain.

New Delta plus variant not yet ‘variant of concern’, been in Europe since March: govt

NITI Aayog Member V K Paul said the govt is keeping track of how Delta plus variant progresses in other countries, and if it is present in India, to search where all it is there.

India’s Delta Covid variant 60% more transmissible than Alpha, say UK experts

UK data shows over 90% of new Covid cases in the UK are of the Delta variant, and health experts are of the opinion that it may resist effectiveness of vaccine to some extent.

This is what makes India’s Delta variant of coronavirus so worrisome

It has about a 40% higher transmission rate compared with alpha, which already had a 50% higher transmissibility than the original Covid strain, based on data coming out of the UK.

Gangrene, hearing loss indicate India’s Delta variant of Covid is more severe, doctors say

According to a recent study by a Modi govt panel, Delta variant was 'primary cause' behind India's second wave and is 50% more contagious than the Alpha strain first spotted in UK.

Older people may need 3rd shot to stay protected against Delta Covid variant: Lancet study

UK study says single-dose recipients of Pfizer vaccine are likely to be less protected against 3 coronavirus variants of concern —  B.1.617.2 (India), B.1.351 (South Africa) and B.1.1.7 (UK).

Delta variant behind India’s 2nd wave, 7 strains circulating in & around Varanasi, study finds

Study conducted by CCMB and BHU finds that Delta variant is the most dominant and widespread coronavirus strain in India right now. 

Delta or B1.617.2 variant of Covid now dominant in UK, comes with risk of hospitalisation

London: The Delta variant of COVID-19, or the B1.617.2 highly transmissible variant of concern (VOC) first identified in India, has now become the dominant...

Vietnam discovers new Covid variant which is hybrid of strains first found in India & UK

Vietnam Health Minister said that scientists identified the variant while examining the genetic makeup of the virus that had infected some recent patients.

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3 survey results that tell us what Indians think about democracy — and it’s not a simple story

The search for a permanent and coherent popular meaning of democracy is futile. The Pew report underlines this ever-evolving tendency of popular democracy in the Indian context.

Why Tamil Nadu’s women make up nearly half of India’s female factory workforce

With an educated & skilled workforce, Tamil Nadu has a burgeoning industrial sector which has scored massive investments in automobiles, electronics, and even footwear.

Indian Coast Guard’s pollution control vessel visits Philippines, Vietnam, and Brunei

The ICG Samudra Paheredar will be in the region for three days, visiting ports in Manila, Ho Chi Minh, and Muara.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.