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Pakistans Punjab witnessing coronavirus cases with multiple COVID-19 strains: Study

Expert stresses protection against new virus forms remains the same – mask up and get vaccinated.

First case Covid-19 mutant strain detected in Kashmir First case Covid-19 mutant strain detected in Kashmir In a disturbing development, a sample sent from Kashmir for genetic sequencing has been found to have the lesser-known N440K mutation by the India SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG).  advertisement Kashmir has reported its first case of the Covid-19 mutant variant. (PTI) In a disturbing development, a sample sent from Kashmir for genetic sequencing has been found to have the les...

COVID-19 triple mutation strain detected in 4 Indian states - all you need to know Experts in India have raised alarm and called for faster genome sequencing to fully understand the triple mutant and how it behaves. (Image Source: Pixabay) Updated: Apr 21, 2021, 12:46 PM IST India has overtaken Brazil to become the second-most COVID-19 affected country in the world, only next to the United States. COVID-19 has infected 2,95,041 people in India and left 2,023 dead ...

* Two of these triple mutant strains have been found in samples collected from Maharashtra, Delhi, West Bengal and Chhattisgarh. * Viruses mutate all the time, as part of evolutionary biology. Some mutations weaken the virus while others may make it stronger, enabling it to proliferate faster or cause more infections. * So far, Indias health ministry has only acknowledged the presence of the “double mutant”. However, it has only been identified as a "variant of interest" and not a "varian...

Govt issues new guidelines to contain mutant strain Premium The new standard operating procedures, which take effect on 23 February, mandate airlines to identify travellers arriving from or transiting through the UK, Brazil and South Africa in past 14 days and segregate them in-flight or while disembarking to facilitate the authorities to follow due protocol for covid Share Via Read Full Story India on Wednesday issued specific rules for flights from the UK, Europe and the Middle East, aimed at...

At a time when the new cases of Covid-19 have been manifesting a downward trend nationally, its unabated transmission in two Indian states -- Kerala a

As of late January 2021, novel coronavirus has taken the lives of nearly 400,000 Americans. and some officials are warning that by next month thousands more will succumb to complications associated with the oft-deadly virus.

Returned overseas travellers at the hotel at the centre of Queenslands concerning cluster of the highly infections UK COVID-19 strain are lashing out at the "vague" way he and other guests were told theyd have to endure another 14 days in quarantine. Paul Atta, who has been quarantining on the 11th floor since his arrival in Australia from Canada, was due to leave the Grand Chancellor on Friday, but the discovery of two more cases in the hotel has got authorities scrambling for answers as the...

The threat of Japan's hospital system collapsing amid surging coronavirus cases forces Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to expand a state of emergency so it covers about 55 per cent of the country.