Covid BF.7 Variant: Pressing the alarming button, Health Ministry advised States/UTs to send samples of all COVID-19 positive cases to INSACOG Genome Sequencing Laboratories (IGSLs) on a daily basis, for sequencing, to track new variants.
In view of the detection of newer sub-variants of Coronavirus, the Karnataka government has issued an advisory urging people to follow COVID appropriate behaviour and isolate themselves if they test positive for the virus.
Covid19: The newest sub-variants BA.5.1.7 and BF.7, which were first detected in Mongolia are the reason for the recent surge in Covid-19 cases in China.
UK detects new monkeypox variant: While contact tracing of close contacts of the individual is underway, no further linked cases have been identified so far.
World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the question of whether the NeoCov coronavirus poses a threat to humans or not requires further study.
According to the research on NeoCov, posted on preprint and not been peer-reviewed yet, the variant carries the combination of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS)-CoV mortality rate (where one in every three infected persons may die) and the current SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus' high transmission rate.
The variant has been reported by researchers at institute IHU Mediterranee Infection in at least 12 cases, and has been linked to travel to African country Cameroon.
As omicron spreads ever more gloom around the country ahead of New Year's Eve, governments are moving at different speeds to contain the scourge, with some reimposing restrictions immediately.
Cases of Omicron, which is categorised as a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organisation, have been detected in about 60 countries.
Three out of the 243 people on the Air France flight that landed at the airport around 12 midnight tested positive for Covid, an official said.
In an official order on Tuesday, the corporation informed that further decisions on schools reopening will be taken after reviewing the situation on Dec 15.
Over 121.94 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far under the Nationwide Vaccination Drive.
The MC12 conference at WTO headquarters in Geneva was set to take up key issues like a long-awaited agreement on subsidies for fisheries, seen as a major way to prevent overfishing in the world’s seas, and an effort to waive patent and other intellectual property protections linked to COVID vaccines.
C.1.2 was first identified in May 2021 during the third wave of Covid in the country, said researchers from the country's National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) and the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform.
The Kappa strain of coronavirus was detected during the genome sequencing exercise. Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said earlier also cases of this variant were found in the state.
Canada's chief public health officer says there are cases of the latest COVID-19 variant of interest in the country, but it's too early to know how widespread it is or what impact it could have.
Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines provide good protection against Delta variant, says a study published in The Lancet journal.
Chinese researchers said they had found a batch of new coronaviruses in bats.
Expressing concern over drastic drop of routine immunisation among children specially during the second wave of COVID-19, healthcare experts have warned that there may be a risk of the children contracting vaccine preventable diseases which may re-emerge as a potential challenge.
Public Health England (PHE), which has been tracking VOCs on a weekly basis, said that the cases of the Delta VOC have risen by 29,892 to hit 42,323 in the country – an increase of around 70 per cent.
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