A new study highlights antibodies that are able to neutralise the newer strains, while identifying regions of the spike protein that have become more resistant to attack.
The Haryana government on Saturday announced the extension of the Covid-induced lockdown in the state till August 2.
The Government of India has been holding discussions with COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers Moderna and Pfizer, for procuring their vaccine. However, there has been a delay over the same.
Karnataka on Friday reported 1,705 new COVID-19 cases and 30 deaths, taking the tally to 28,91,699 and the toll to 36,323. The day also saw 2,243 discharges.
Meanwhile, a hospital based in the American state of Maryland has donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and two continuous positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP) machines for COVID-19 relief in India.
Lockdown or other restrictions may be imposed in other places in the state by deputy commissioners depending on the pandemic situation, the release said.
The average test positivity rate for the last three days is 12.1 per cent. The TPR is above 10 per cent in 11 districts and Malappuram district has the highest of 17 per cent.
The club did not elaborate on the France forward’s condition in a short statement.
There has been a significant rise in the number of young people -- under 20 -- being hospitalised for eating disorders in England as a result of the Covid pandemic, the media reported.
The patient's wife had moved to the high court on Tuesday, saying that she wanted to have his child through IVF/ART procedure, but he was not in a condition to give consent for the collection of his sperm.
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All teaching and non-teaching staff of state-run, aided and private schools across Karnataka would be vaccinated on priority ahead of resuming classes.
China also dismissed reports that some of the employees of the Wuhan Institute of Virology were infected with the virus before it spread to the central Chinese city and the world, killing over 40 lakh people.
Given the robust and statute-based death registration system in India, while some cases could go undetected as per the principles of infectious disease and its management, missing out on the deaths is unlikely, the Union Health Ministry said.
WHO has acknowledged that it was premature to rule out a potential link between the pandemic and a leak of the coronavirus from a Chinese lab.
With 38,652 people discharged in the last 24 hours, the number of recoveries now stands at 30429339 across the country.
The Supreme Court had on Tuesday termed as 'wholly uncalled for' the Pinarayi Vijayan-led government's relaxation of lockdown restrictions in areas with high COVID-19 positivity rate, ahead of Bakrid festival.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday accused the opposition-ruled states of doing politics on the issue while earlier admitting that there was no death due to shortage of oxygen during second wave of Covid-19.
In a special conversation with IndiaTV Batra Hospital doctor SCL Gupta claimed that death due to shortage of oxygen did happen in Delhi. It might be because of lack of coordination between Centre-State that these deaths were not reported as they should be.
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