WHO identifies Mu COVID-19 variant as a variant of interest

Sep 05, 2021

Geneva [Switzerland], September 5 : The World Health Organisation (WHO) on August 30 listed the Mu Covid-19 variant as a 'variant of interest'.

Pakistan reports four cases of Covid variant JN1

Jan 08, 2024

Four cases of a new variant of COVID JN1, an Omicron sub-variant, have been reported in Pakistan, as reported by ARY News.

Chandigarh reports first case of Delta Plus COVID-19 variant

Jun 27, 2021

Chandigarh [India], June 27 : The first case of the Delta plus COVID variant and 33 cases of the Delta variant have been reported...

Who designates Covid's BA.2.86 as ‘variant under monitoring’

Aug 19, 2023

World Health Organization (WHO) designated COVID-19 variant BA.2.86 as a ‘variant under monitoring’ on Friday due to the large number of mutations it carries.

No case of Lambda variant of COVID-19 found in India, says Centre

Jul 09, 2021

New Delhi [India], July 9 : The Central government on Friday said the Lambda variant of COVID-19 is not found in India but people...

COVID-19: Health experts emphasize accelerating genome sequencing to detect Omicron variant

Dec 30, 2021

New Delhi [India], December 30 : With rising cases of COVID-19 new Omicron variant in the country, the top health experts are emphasizing accelerating...