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"While these findings do not indicate the need for a new vaccine to address the emerging variants, the companies are prepared to respond if a variant of SARS-CoV-2 demonstrates evidence of escaping immunity by the Covid-19 vaccine," Pfizer and BioNTech said in a statement on Wednesday.

All these persons have been kept in single room isolation in designated Health Care facilities by respective state governments.

The workshops will go a long way in rapid deployment of lab workforce for diagnostics, which has been the key in country’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

Experts cite herd immunity, masking, personal hygiene and physical distancing as reasons for decline in cases

Scientists know that SARS-CoV-2 binds the ACE2 receptor on the surface of human cells, after which it enters the cell through a process known as endocytosis.

According to a study, published in the journal Chemical Senses, the disease also often results in both the loss of taste and other senses in the mouth.

We utilized the latest advances in materials and manufacturing such as nanoparticle 3D printing to create a device that rapidly detects Covid-19 antibodies," said researcher Rahul Panat, Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon

In a yet-to-be peer reviewed research, scientists from the University of Texas Medical Branch, tested the ability of blood serum from 20 individuals immunised with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to neutralise coronavirus engineered to carry the new mutations

South African strain called as ‘501.V2’ could not only be more infectious than the UK strain but has the potential to have more resistance to Covid vaccines being rolled-out

Research organisations, including CCMB, to launch countrywide genome sequencing of Covid

A novel computational drug screening strategy combined with lab experiments suggest that pralatrexate drug is a promising candidate for Covid-19 patients.

The findings which were published in Science Immunology identifies new links between the course of the disease and a patient's immune response to it

Owing to its increased transmissibility countries may require stronger proactive interventions, say UK researchers

The study, funded by the US National Institutes of Health, followed 127 pregnant women who were admitted to Boston hospitals during the spring of 2020.

While the Prohibition and Excise department said that it did not impose any restrictions on the celebrations, the hoteliers maintained they don’t want to take any risk at this juncture.

This new variant has been identified as a set of multiple changes and mutations in the ‘Spike’ protein which the SARS-CoV 2 uses to infect human cells

Genome sequencing to ascertain its presence in India

Apart from further strengthening its Covid-19 surveillance activities at RGIA, the Health Department will also track individuals who have reached Hyderabad from UK in the last one week

The test is a rapid point-of-care nasopharyngeal swab test that directly detects the presence or absence of coronavirus antigen in the patient's body, generating results within 15-20 minutes.

New SARS-CoV-2 variant raises questions over efficacy of vaccines