Covid-19 variants

Covid-19 variants

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Covid-19: Variant that combines Delta and Omicron identified

David Fickling. Illustration: TBS

Covid’s evolution isn’t going to stop with Omicron

WHO monitoring new Covid variant named Mu

WHO monitoring new Covid variant named Mu

An employee at an elderly residence checks a person for coronavirus disease (Covid-19) as tests are performed among seniors in the country, in Brussels, Belgium.(REUTERS FILE PHOTO)

Woman infected with two variants of Covid-19 at the same time

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Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is highly effective against variants, studies find

A woman checks the temperature of a voter before he casts his vote at a polling booth during the first phase of the West Bengal state election in Purulia district, India, March 27, 2021. Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri

New coronavirus variant emerges in West Bengal

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Why the mutated coronavirus variants are so worrisome

A health worker collecting swab sample from a child for Covid testing at a containment zone in Sector 29, Chandigarh, on Thursday. As many as 3,371 cases are active in the city. Photo :Hindustan Times

UK finds 77 cases of Covid-19 variant first found in India

FILE PHOTO: A health worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) collects a sample using a swab from a woman at a local health centre to conduct tests for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), amid the spread of the disease, in New Delhi, India July 8, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File photo

‘India’s double mutant could be considered a variant of concern’

This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (round blue objects), also known as novel coronavirus, the virus that causes Covid-19, emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab which was isolated from a patient in the US. Photo: Reuters

Scientists discover possible new coronavirus mutation in Brazil

The so-called UK variant is spreading significantly in 27 European countries monitored by WHO and is dominant in at least 10 by the agency's count.(AP)

Speedy Covid-19 variants power virus surge sweeping Europe