New XBB Covid variant is immune evasive says WHO's Soumya Swaminathan

Oct 21, 2022

Pune (Maharashtra) [India], October 21 : With India reporting a highly infectious new COVID-19 variant, World Health Organization Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Friday...

covid: "XBB1.16 variant able to evade immune system, upcoming four weeks crucial," warn Experts

Apr 11, 2023

Amid the recent upsurge in the number of Covid cases, medical experts have warned that the new XBB1.16 variant is able to evade the...

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...

US approves third dose of COVID vaccine for people with weak immune systems

Aug 13, 2021

Washington [US] August 13 (ANI/FENA): US drug regulators say transplant recipients and others with severely weakened immune systems may receive an extra dose of...