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BioNTech SE: An In Vitro Study Shows Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Elicits Antibodies that Neutralize SARS-CoV-2 with a Mutation Associated with Rapid Transmission Pfizer Inc.. Rapidly spreading variants of SARS-CoV-2 have been reported, initially in the United Kingdom and South Africa. These variants have multiple mutations in their spike or S glycoproteins, which are key targets of virus neutralizing antibodies. Though these two rapidly spreading viruses are different, they share the N501Y...

Trigger Its not yet clear which countries are included as the epidemic situation in foreign countries are still developing. VnExpress reports that on Tuesday, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc announced a ban of inbound flights from countries and territories which have detected cases of new COVID-19 mutations. Phúc tasked the foreign affairs, health, and transport ministries with coordinating to draw up a full list of the impacted countries, but for now this covers the United Kingdom and So...

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is thought to have a zoonotic origin, perhaps originating in a bat coronavirus with an unknown intermediate host. It is not only very infectious but has been found to infect a wide range of mammals, including dogs, cats, ferrets, hamsters, and minks, besides non-human primates. This range may be still higher, claims a recent preprint that appeared in January 2021 on the bioRxiv server.

Photo Credit: IANS IANSLive Jerusalem, Jan 6 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz reached an agreement to impose a full nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus. To get full access of the story, click here to subscribe to IANS News Service © 2021 IANS India Private Limited. All Rights Reserved. The reproduction of the story/photograph in any form will be liable for legal action. For news, views and gossips, follow IANS at T...

Mutated variants of the coronavirus making their way around the world are causing covid-19 to spread faster, and one may be able to partially evade current vaccines

Photo Credit: IANS IANSLive Jerusalem, Jan 6 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz reached an agreement to impose a full nationwide lockdown to curb the spread of the coronavirus. To get full access of the story, click here to subscribe to IANS News Service © 2021 IANS India Private Limited. All Rights Reserved. The reproduction of the story/photograph in any form will be liable for legal action. For news, views and gossips, follow IANS at T...

Land, sea and air travel will resume from 11am.

Experts from South China's Guangdong province have found the B.1.1.7 mutation from an imported confirmed case on Saturday, according to a statement released by the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control on Sunday.

Four types of Covid-19 variants are circulating January 02, 2021 × According to a report released by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday, four SARS-CoV-2 variants are responsible for the widespread circulation of the infection worldwide, CGTN reported. The first strain of the virus had D614G substitution in the gene encoding the spike protein. This virus was in circulation between January - February 2020. Its mutation was reported in June wherein it became more contagious but less...

SHOW TRANSCRIPT Florida became the third state to announce it diagnosed a case of the COVID variant thats been spreading throughout the United Kingdom. Floridas health department said the patient is a man in his 20s with no travel history. The other cases in the U.S., reported in Colorado and California, also involve people who have not recently traveled. Officials say this variant is more contagious but does not appear to make people more ill.