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Covaxin can neutralise deadly 617 COVID variant With the initial scepticism on its safety taken care of long back; a large part of the current resistance towards Covid vaccine has been due to doubts on its efficacy against different variants. But if the latest, and more importantly, some credible information on Covid vaccine is anything to go by, then Covaxin "can neutralise" the dreaded 'B.1.617' variant. Dr Anthony FauciReuters Even though there is data to prove its efficacy against the deadly and highly infectious variant, Dr Anthony Fauci, the White House Chief Medical Adviser on Tuesday ...

GENEVA: The World Health Organization said Tuesday that a variant of Covid-19 feared to be contributing to a surge in coronavirus cases in India has been found in over a dozen countries. The UN health agency said the B.1.617 variant of Covid-19 first found in India had as of Tuesday been detected in over 1,200 sequences uploaded to the GISAID open-access database "from at least 17 countries". "Most sequences were uploaded from India, the United Kingdom, USA and Singapore," the WHO said in its weekly epidemiological update on the pandemic. The WHO recently listed B.1.617 -- which counts sev...

India's double mutant Covid variant found in 17 countries, says WHO India's double mutant Covid variant found in 17 countries, says WHO Mirror Online / Updated: Apr 28, 2021, 16:56 IST India, has spread to 'at least 17 countries', the World Health Organization ( WHO) has said. Up till April 27, B1617 variant had been detected in over 1,200 sequences uploaded on the open-access database GISAID (the Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data) "from at least 17 countries", the global health agency said in its weekly epidemiological update on the pandemic. Most sequences were uploaded fro...

record for new infections for a fifth day in a row at more than 350,000. For far too long, national and local authorities only half-heartedly fought the pandemic; regulations were quickly relaxed again — even mass gatherings were permitted. E484Q escape mutation  Scientists call a mutation that helps a virus slip past our immune system an "escape mutation." According to Germany's Robert Koch Institute, these mutations generally lead to a "reduced neutralizability by antibodies or T-cells." What matters is how strong that reduction is, however. Researchers see no reason to believe that th...

Covid deteriorated mental health patients' conditions The conditions of patients suffering from mental health issues in the UK deteriorated as the National Health Service (NHS) shifted the in-person care to telephone, video and text messages during the pandemic, according to a new study. Apr 25, 2021 1:31 PM (IST) Posted by Shriya Bhasin It is important to indulge yourself in yoga and exercise if you are suffering from Covid-19. Yoga guru Swami Ramdev in a special health segment shares few pranayams which should be performed by a patient recov...