According to the research, published in the journal Cell, recovery from COVID-19 as well as vaccination may offer only incomplete protection against these mutant virus forms.
The B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 was discovered in Kent, UK in December 2020, and has since spread across the globe, contributing to the increase in cases being seen in Europe and Britain's own second wave of the pandemic earlier in the year, Shefield University said in a press release on Friday.
The total number of cases with the UK, South Africa and Brazil variants of SARS-CoV-2 in the country has reached 795, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday as India is witnessing a surge in COVID-19 cases.
The team used their experience measuring HIV neutralizing antibodies to create similar assays for Covid-19, comparing how well the antibodies worked against the original strain versus the new variants.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has found a total of 192 Covid-19 cases of the new variants of mutated SARS-CoV-2 in last two months, including four from the variant emerging in South Africa and one from the Brazilian variant, officials said on Tuesday
US-based drugmaker Moderna on Monday said its Covid-19 vaccine retains neutralising activity against emerging variants first identified in the UK and South Africa.
The UK shoot of the Neena Gupta and Kalki Koechlin-starrer international project, Goldfish, has been postponed owing to the emerging new Covid strain in that country. The film, also starring Rajit Kapur, was scheduled to go on floors this month in London.
The 'UK' coronavirus variant had been detected in 41 countries/territories, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement.
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At least eleven UK returnees have tested positive for the new Britain COVID-19 strain in Karnataka, Health Minister K Sudhakar said on Tuesday.
A total of 58 people have tested positive in India for the new UK variant of coronavirus, according to the Union Health Ministry. It said that 20 new cases have been identified at National Institute of Virology, Pune.
The Maharashtra health department went into a tizzy as 8 passengers who recently returned from the UK were found infected with the new strain of Covid, officials said here on Monday.
India’s national carrier Air India has opened booking for flights between India and the United Kingdom. In a tweet, the airline confirmed that the new flights are in addition to the regular flights and tickets could be booked through Air India's website, booking offices, call centre and authorised travel agents.
Delhi recorded 494 fresh COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the lowest in over seven months, and 14 new fatalities, even as the positivity rate stood at 0.73 per cent, authorities said.
Experts are still working on the new strains’ analysis, to understand its intricacies, Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain said.
A total of 25 cases of mutant United Kingdom virus have been detected in India after genome sequencing, Union Ministry of Health informed on Thuesday. Out of the five fresh cases, four have been traced by National Institute of Virology in Pune and CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology in Delhi.
India has so far reported 20 cases of the new Covid-19 strain. As a precautionary measure, the government on December 23 announced to suspend all flights coming from the UK.
Among these eight UK returnees was a woman who left the Delhi airport and travelled to Andhra Pradesh by train last week, they said.
The patient, son of a senior official of the state Health Department, tested positive for the Variant of Concern 202012/01 (VOC-202012/01) mutant coronavirus strain after returning from London 10 days ago.
Seven people who returned to Karnataka from the UK, were found to be infected with the mutated strain of coronavirus, state Health Minister K Sudhakar said on Wednesday.
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