World Bank approves USD 82 mln for zoonotic disease prevention in India

May 11, 2023

An infection or disease that is transmissible from animals to humans under natural conditions is called zoonotic.

S Korea reports first two cases of delta plus COVID-19 variant

Aug 04, 2021

Seoul [South Korea], August 4 : South Korea has reported two cases of highly transmissible delta plus variant of the coronavirus.

COVID: Omicron is highly transmissible but mild variant, says expert

Jan 06, 2022

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 7 : Omicron variant of coronavirus is highly transmissible but milder variant than Delta, said an expert from Kolkata...

Omicron sublineage BA.2.75 has limited circulation in India: Sources

Jul 05, 2022

New Delhi [india], July 5 : The highly transmissible sub-variant of Omicron, BA.2.75 has limited circulation in India, said official sources.

Brazilian variant of COVID-19 might be 2.2 times more transmissible: Study

Mar 02, 2021

Washington [US], March 2 : A new modelling study by researchers in Brazil and the United Kingdom suggested that the Brazilian variant of COVID-19,...

AIIMS Director emphasises vaccination, COVID-appropirate behaviour, says Omicron is more transmissible variant

Dec 22, 2021

New Delhi [India], December 22 : All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria on Wednesday said that the Omicron...