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Europe has become the epicentre of Covid-19 pandemic once again. With the Indian government opening international travel completely, it risks the revival of a fresh wave of Covid-19 pandemic in the country.
The latest data, posted by Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Flu Data (GISAID) on the variants of novel coronavirus in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka, shows that B.1.617 represented in about 50% cases registered during March, while B.1.1.7 showed up in about 10% cases. The percentage of N440K came down to less than 10% from the peak of about 70% in February. At the same time, the presence of B.1 lineage went up to around 10 or 12% during March. Major variants like B.1.1.7, B.1 and N440K were also noticed in significant numbers. Other variants in circulation since March 2020 made up...
Mutations: Does SARS-CoV-2 Have a Fixed Number of Moves in Its Arsenal? 05/04/2021 National Institutes of Health Director Francis S. Collins holds a model of SARS-CoV-2 as he testifies on Capitol Hill, July 2, 2020. Photo: Graeme Jennings/Pool via Reuters/File Photo London/Chicago: The rapid rise in different parts of the world of deadly, more infectious coronavirus variants that share new mutations is leading scientists to ask a critical question – has the SARS-CoV-2 virus shown its best cards? New variants first detected in such far-flung countries as Brazil, South Africa and...
Apr 1, 2021 LONDON/CHICAGO – The rapid rise in various parts of the world of deadly, more infectious COVID-19 variants that share new mutations is leading scientists to ask a critical question — has the SARS-CoV-2 virus shown its best cards? New variants first detected in such far-flung countries as Brazil, South Africa and the U.K. cropped up spontaneously, within a few months, late last year. All three share some of the same mutations in the important spike region of the virus used to enter and infect cells. These include the E484k mutation, nicknamed “Eek” by some scientis...
The variant in Uganda, called A.23.1, has quickly become the most common coronavirus variant in Kampala.