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New coronavirus mutant BA.2.75 raises concerns in India and beyond

July 13, 2022 1:10 pm

The latest mutant has been spotted in several distant states in India, and appears to be spreading faster than other variants there, said Lipi Thukral, a scientist at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology in New Delhi.

‘Fourth Covid wave likely in August; caution must till WHO says pandemic is over’

March 25, 2022 7:34 am

Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar cites a mathematical model prepared by IIT Kanpur amid reports of Omicron’s BA.2 sub lineage fuelling a Covid surge in several East and Southeast Asian and European countries.

WHO says Covid variant of interest Mu may be more resistant to vaccines: All you need to know

September 02, 2021 7:26 pm

The new variant, Mu or B.1.621, was found to possess a "constellation of mutations that indicate potential properties of immune escape".

A woman wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks in Centre Place in Melbourne, Australia (Photo: AP)

Australia finds highly infectious Delta variant in Melbourne virus outbreak

June 04, 2021 12:05 pm

Covid-19 cases linked to the Delta variant raise concerns for Australian city of Melbourne which is currently in a full lockdown.

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Flyers from UK will have to undergo mandatory 7-day institutional quarantine: Delhi govt

January 08, 2021 5:21 pm

"Those who are found negative shall be kept in compulsory institutional quarantine for a period of seven days followed by seven days of home quarantine," an order issued by Chief Secretary Vijay Dev stated.