new covid variant

A new COVID-19 variant, identified as JN.1, has emerged and is causing concern among scientists worldwide due to its potential for increased infectiousness and the possibility of evading vaccine immunity. The United States Centres for…
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Covid-19 cases are rapidly increasing across the world. This surge is largely driven by the Arcturus variant, also known as XBB.1.16, which is a subvariant of the Omicron variant. Arcturus, named after the brightest star in the northern…
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Bhubaneswar: Given the present situation with the rise in the number of Covid cases in all countries the Government has decided to hold a meeting in Odisha. The Odisha government is scheduled to hold a crucial meeting on Covid-19…
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Gurugram: After the country's first case of coronavirus variant XE was reported in Mumbai, the Gurugram district health department has issued directions for the private and government health facilities to monitor the newly reported Covid…
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The Ministry of Health in Israel said recently that it has detected a new Covid variant through which two people have been infected. The officials however have not been too tense about the fact. The strain is allegedly a combination…
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London: Amid warnings over a new coronavirus variant, a number of countries, including India, the UK,  Israel, Italy and Singapore have moved to restrict travel from South Africa and other countries in the region. In the past,…
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New York: A SARS-CoV-2 variant with traits similar to that of the Delta variant might cause a more severe pandemic with more infections and breakthrough infections/reinfections than variants with either trait alone, finds a new study.…
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Johannesburg: South Africa has identified a potential variant of interest (VOI) of Covid-19 that is assigned to the PANGO lineage C.1.2. C.1.2 was first identified in May 2021 during the third wave of Covid in the country, said…
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Bhubaneswar: The Delta Plus variant of Covid-19 is much infectious and affects more on the human lungs cell. The antibody cocktail treatment might be less effective, says Odisha health expert Niroj Mishra. Reportedly, World Health…
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Pune: National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune has detected a new variant of coronavirus, B.1.1.28.2, in India through some genome sequencing of samples from international travellers from United Kingdom and Brazil. Reportedly, the…
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