Delta variant

New Delhi: The Delhi government data revealed that 'delta variant' and its sub lineages of 'Sars-Cov-2' virus were detected in 99 per cent samples sent for genome sequencing in the month of October. Total 7,361 samples were sent for…

London: The Delta and Delta Plus Covid-19 variants were less well neutralised by antibodies from infected and vaccinated individuals as compared to the original virus, making them more dangerous and contributing to its rapid global spread,…

Geneva: The Delta Covid variant is the current dominant strain of the infectious virus, with its presence reported in 185 countries, as of September 21, the World Health organisation has said. "The Delta variant now accounted for 90 per…

New York: Moderna's vaccine for Covid-19 is significantly more effective against the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV2 virus than Pfizer or Johnson & Johnson, suggests a new study. The study, published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly…

The Variant B.1.617.2, otherwise known as the Delta variant, is currently being regarded as a matter of concern. Especially, in the recent time when it is being discussed that the third wave would affect kids, we should clearly know how…

Mumbai: The central government has reportedly addressed how deadly Coronavirus can be, followed by the number of deaths by the virus every day. Now, the Delta variant of the virus has become an even bigger matter of concern. It wasn’t…

London: Vaccines against Covid-19 that were developed by US drug makers Pfizer and Moderna may not be as effective against the 'Delta' variant compared to as they were against the original strain of the virus, suggests a new study.…

New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in its study released on Monday claimed that India’s Covaxin, developed by the Bharat Biotech in collaboration with ICMR and National Institute of Pune, is effective against the Delta…

The city of Nanjing, capital of China's Jiangsu Province, on Tuesday have ordered the tightening of restrictive measure and has been virtually sealed off to curb the spread of Covid-19 infection in the city. This has also sealed off more…

Colombo: Researchers from one of Sri Lanka's leading universities, the Sri Jayewardenepura University, have found that China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine is highly efficient against the Delta variant which has become the dominant variant…