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Large Study Finds Novavax COVID-19 Shot About 90% Efficacious

The company says it plans to seek authorisation for...

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IT Ministry Warns Social Media Platforms Against Use of ‘Indian Variant’ for B.1.617

The Wire Staff 23/05/2021

The government says that since WHO nomenclature doesn't use...

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‘B.1.617.2 Variant of COVID Less Sensitive to Vaccines’: Ravindra Gupta

Karan Thapar 21/05/2021

The virologist at Cambridge University added that the variant...

FILE PHOTO: Medical professionals push a collecting cart at the community testing centre for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Hong Kong

After India, B.1.617 Variant Found in 44 Countries, Spurs Fear of Global Surge

The Wire Staff 19/05/2021

The B.1.617 variant's global spread has prompted alarm and...

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‘B.1.617.2 May Be 50% More Contagious Than Variant First Seen in UK’

Karan Thapar 19/05/2021

Gagandeep Kang said B.1.617.2 is a key component of...

The spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in New Delhi

COVID-19: The Case Against the Rush to Vaccinate Our Children

Dr Vipin Vashishtha 18/05/2021

Note that the risk of disease is not zero...

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Virologist Shahid Jameel Quits India’s Genome Sequencing Consortium

The Wire Staff 17/05/2021

Jameel has been an outspoken critic of how the...