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World's first Covid-19 human challenge study to begin in UK: What's it all about?

As part of the world's first Covid-19 human challenge study, healthy adult volunteers will be deliberately infected with Covid-19. Why this study is needed? How the volunteers would be selected? Read to know all about it.
UK variant of Covid-19 will 'sweep the world', top scientist warns

This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the Covid-19 variant, known as B.1.1.7, has been reported in 86 countries.
Moderna says its Covid-19 vaccine is effective against UK, South Africa variants

The company will test an additional booster dose of its Covid-19 vaccine (mRNA-1273) to study the ability to further increase neutralising titers against emerging strains.
Covid-19 variant detected in UK may be ‘more deadly than the older virus strain’

Addressing the media, Boris Johnson said there is "early evidence" to suggest that the new mutated UK variant of the virus causing Covid-19 may be more deadly.
South African coronavirus variant may 'escape antibodies, cause reinfection'

On December 18, 2019, South Africa announced the detection of a new coronavirus variant which was spreading rapidly. This particular variant is much more infectious than the original virus.
Genome sequencing of sewage water can help discover new coronavirus variants: US scientists

Researchers from the University of California (UC)-Berkeley have also developed and tested a novel method for sampling wastewater to study the evolution of the novel coronavirus.
Vaccine platform that may help prevent future coronavirus pandemics developed

The scientists assessed fragments of the spike proteins of different coronaviruses, and engineered each to have a protein tag that would bind to those on the cage -- on the other side of the "Velcro."
Another new coronavirus variant found in Japan: What is it and how worried should we be?

The identification of a new Covid variant comes as countries scramble to contain two other contagious variants that have emerged in the U.K. and South Africa.
Covid-19 vaccine: Covaxin works against mutant coronavirus strain, says Bharat Biotech CMD

The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) had approved Covaxin for restricted use in emergency situations in the country on Sunday.
New strain of COVID-19: 3 more Delhi residents test positive for UK variant of coronavirus

With this, seven residents of the national capital have so far been found infected with the new coronavirus variant that has emerged in the UK.
Covid-19 can wreck your heart: Cardiac issues, including heart attack, rise by 50% during pandemic

Doctors say extremely low temperature and post-COVID complications are key contributors behind the reported rise in cardiac issues.
38 UK returnees test COVID-19 positive in Delhi; new strain detected in four

A total of 38 people have been found positive since coming to Delhi from the UK recently and kept in a separate institutional isolation unit in the LNJP Hospital premises.
Now Bird Flu plagues Rajasthan as it battles mutant Covid-19 strain

Rajasthan is in the throes of a Hitchcockian nightmare with dead birds falling from sky. The reason on Thursday was confirmed as cases of Avian Flu.
Will vaccine work on new coronavirus strain? Does it spread easily? Here are all your questions answered

According to the latest reports, the new variant of the SARS-COV-2 could be up to 70% more transmissible than the old variant.
Covaxin, India’s first COVID-19 vaccine, is effective against new variant, says Bharat Biotech

India's first indigenous COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin, currently undergoing Phase 3 trials, can be effective against the new variant of coronavirus.
14 more cases of new coronavirus strain reported in India: Do you need to take additional precaution?

Experts are not sure if new coronavirus variants are more deadly than the previous strains, but they know that the mutated UK variant is more infectious. Read on to know why it is causing so much concern worldwide.
Current vaccines will protect against new Covid-19 strains: Govt’s scientific advisor

Prof Krishnaswamy Vijay Raghavan, principal scientific advisor to the government, said that there is no need to worry about the efficacy of vaccines in regard to the new Covid-19 variants at this stage.
New ‘highly contagious’ Covid-19 variant present in Germany since November

Researchers detected the new Covid-19 variant in samples of an elderly patient who tested positive around November and later died in Germany.
Govt extends guidelines on Covid-19 surveillance till 31 Jan, know what's allowed, what's not

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued the fresh order, extending the earlier guidelines for surveillance in the first month of the new year.
New contagious coronavirus strain may lead to more deaths in 2021: Experts

The new coronavirus strain is 56 per cent more contagious than the previous strains, claim UK researchers. They fear that it may lead to more hospitalisation and deaths in the year 2021 as compared to the year 2020.

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