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Health Desk   |     |   Published 15.05.21, 11:16 AM Scientists are studying what led to the unexpected surge in India, which is now recording one of the sharpest spikes in coronavirus infections globally. It is now known that the virus seems to have been mutating around the new year. As per evidence, virologists believe it is now more transmissible and able to evade pre-existing immunity. Shaheed Jameel, who chairs the Scientific Advisory Group for the Indian SARS-CoV2 Consortium on G...

Double and triple mutants of COVID-19 are same; vaccines effective on it: Scientist There is apprehension among experts that the new variant could also increase infection rates and easily surpass immune defences. By PTI|   Posted by Nikita Venkatesh  |   Updated: 23rd April 2021 6:34 pm IST New Delhi: The double and triple mutant strains detected in India are one and the same variant of the coronavirus, and the available vaccines are effective on it, National Institute of Biomedical Genomics Director Soumitra Das said on Friday. Speaking at a webinar on ‘Genome Sequencing of SARS-CoV-19�...

Double and triple mutants of coronavirus one and the same; vaccines effective on it: Scientist SECTIONS Last Updated: Apr 23, 2021, 06:02 PM IST Share Synopsis These variants harbour 15 lineage defining mutations. B.1.617, initially termed double mutant, has three new spike protein mutations. Two mutations -- E484Q and L452R -- are in the area important for antibody-based neutralisation. Getty Images The double and triple mutant strains detected in India are one and the same variant of the coronavirus, and the available vaccines are effective on it, National Institute of Biomedical Genomics D...

Don't show me this message again✕ A woman walks past a mural in Delhi (AFP via Getty Images) India has become only the second country in the world to cross 10 million confirmed Covid-19 cases, with the last million recorded in about one month despite a significant drop in new infections in recent days. Health experts say that while daily infections are considerably down on a peak of almost 100,000 a day, India must be on its guard for a rebound in the new year as fatigue with public-safety measures spreads through the population. Speaking to The Independent, one of the country’s leading...