Delta Covid-19 variant

London : About 50 per cent of people infected with Covid-19 during the first wave of infections in 2020 may have long-term and even permanent changes to their sense of smell, according to preliminary research from Sweden.From the early…

Washington : Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 350.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.59 million and vaccinations to over 9.79 billion, according to Johns Hopkins…

Washington : Anthony Fauci, top US infectious disease expert, has said he is confident that most states in the country will reach a peak of Omicron infection cases by mid-February."You never want to be overconfident when you're dealing with…

Geneva : The Omicron variant of Covid-19 has been identified in 171 countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said.In its latest technical brief, the global health body said that Omicron is soon set to replace Delta globally as a…

New York : Patients with cancer who receive chemotherapy and some targeted therapies may mount an inadequate immune response to Covid-19 vaccination, according to a study.Researchers at Mayo Clinic Cancer Center have found that targeted…

New Delhi : Red wine could help stave off Covid-19, according to new research.People who drink more than five glasses a week had a 17 per cent lower risk of catching the virus, the Daily Mail reported citing the study as saying.Experts…

New York : US scientists have found the cellular response that protects pigs from Covid-19, which according to them could lead to new treatments in humans.Studies since the start of the pandemic have noted that pigs can be infected by the…

Hyderabad : Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Omicron, Lambda, and Delmicron in between. Since it was first notified in 2019, Covid-19 virus has changed into multiple variants and hundreds of mutations have taken place.While billions got affected…

New Delhi : The new Covid variant Omicron has reached in community transmission level in India, said Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG) on Sunday."Omicron is now in community transmission stage in India and has become…

New York : The presence of a large number of mutations, and more than 30 on its spike protein makes antibodies ineffective against the Omicron variant of Covid-19, shows a study.According to research Peer-Reviewed and published in the…