variants

AstraZeneca, Pfizer vaccines effective against Delta Covid-19 variants: Study

Covid-19 vaccines made by AstraZeneca and the Pfizer-BioNTech alliance remain broadly effective against Delta and Kappa variants of the Covid-19…

3 years ago

‘Many Delta+ patients in Maha recovered fully’

PUNE: Many of the Covid patients infected with the Delta-plus variant in Maharashtra did not have severe illness and went…

3 years ago

US CDC classifies Delta variant as ‘variant of concern’

WASHINGTON: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has classified the Delta, a highly transmissible Covid-19 variant first identified…

3 years ago

CureVac’s covid-19 vaccine disappoints in clinical trial

The German company CureVac delivered disappointing preliminary results Wednesday from a clinical trial of its covid-19 vaccine, dimming hopes that…

3 years ago

‘Delta variant mutates, drug cocktail may not work’

HYDERABAD: The Delta variant (B.1.617.2), first discovered in India, has now acquired a new mutation to emerge as Delta+ (B.1.617.2.1).Also…

3 years ago

Covid-19: More virulent variant of Delta fuels cocktail-resistance fear

HYDERABAD: The highly infectious Delta variant of Covid-19 that first surfaced in India is feared to have mutated into a…

3 years ago

Study debunks ‘UK theory’ that Covid risk higher in S Asians than Europeans

VARANASI/PRAYAGRAJ: An international team of scientists has contradicted the findings of a study carried out by the Max Planck Institute,…

3 years ago

Delta variant transmits more in households

HYDERABAD: Decoding why several households have reported multiple cases of Covid-19 infection this time as compared to mostly single cases…

3 years ago

Tata Nexon records 2 lakh units production

MUMBAI: Tata Motors on Thursday announced rolling out of 2,00,000th unit of Nexon.Nexon is manufactured at its Ranjangaon facility in…

3 years ago

Covaxin protects against Beta, Delta virus variants

HYDERABAD: Indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin protects against the deadly Beta (B.1.351) and Delta (B.1.617.2) variants, more commonly referred to…

3 years ago