No need to panic over new recombinant Covid variants, says expert

Days after clusters of recombinant Delta and Omicron variants of coronavirus were reported from across the world, a leading virologist said there was no need to panic at the moment. IMAGE: A......

Delta plus: New Covid variant identified in India

The highly transmissible Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 has mutated further to form the 'Delta plus' or 'AY.1' variant but there is no immediate cause for concern in India as its incidence in the......

New Covid lineage identified, 2nd in India after 'double mutant' virus

A new lineage of the SARS-CoV-2 virus linked with high infectivity and immune escape mutation has been identified in India, but there is no evidence yet that it is driving the Covid surge either in......

'Coronavirus strain predominant in India originated in Europe'

'Given that the globally most prevalent clade of SARS-CoV-2 is also predominant in India, any vaccine or drug that gets developed in the world should also prove effective in India' IMAGE: A health......