Delta Plus Archives

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Covaxin booster dose increases immune response by 40 times, gives long-term immunity against COVID-19: Bharat Biotech

20-Jul-2022

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 20 (ANI): Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech on Wednesday announced that the administration of the third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin (BBV152) after six months of two-dose vaccination dramatically increased neutralizing antibody responses against both homologous and heterologous strains (Alpha, Beta, Delta, Delta Plus and Omicron) and showed increased memory B cell response in subjects in controlled clinical trials.

20-Jul-2022 National

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Schools closed in Leh amid rising COVID-19 cases

18-Nov-2021

Ladakh [India], November 18 (ANI): Amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Leh, the schools will remain closed from November 15 till further orders, according to the Chief Medical Officer, Leh.

18-Nov-2021 National

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7 cases of Delta Plus variant of coronavirus reported in Karnataka

27-Oct-2021

Bengaluru Oct 27 PTI Karnataka currently has seven cases of Delta Plus variant of the coronavirus including two AY42 in the city a senior official said on Wednesday Three such cases are reported in Bengaluru and the remaining four in different parts of the state State Health and Family Welfare Commissioner D Randeep told PTI There are no reports of deaths due to the new variant but one or two people have been hospitalised he said Meanwhile in its latest guidelines for international arrivals the Karnataka government has said all travelers should have negative COVID-19 RT-PCR report This test should have been conducted within 72 hours prior to undertaking the journey The test report has to be uploaded on a portal called Air Suvidha Other than that there are no restrictions like quarantining people Randeep said PTI GMS RS ROH ROH

27-Oct-2021 National

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Issue SOPs to contain spread of new Delta Plus AY42 Gehlot to Centre

25-Oct-2021

Jaipur Oct 25 PTI Expressing concern over cases of a sublineage of SARS CoV2s delta variant Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot asked the central government on Monday to prepare and issue standard operating procedures SOPs for its prevention In a tweet he said many cases of Delta Plus AY42 a new mutated form of coronavirus that has killed thousands of people in several countries like Russia and the UK have been found in India The central government should prepare and issue SOPs for its prevention on the basis of the experience of other countries Gehlot tweeted in Hindi Initially there were only a few cases of the delta variant but it did not take time to spread across the country he said The chief minister added that the government should learn from previous experiences and make full preparations to deal with the new variant PTI SDA SNE

25-Oct-2021 National

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Uttarakhand: Pauri Garhwal district reports its first case of Delta Plus AY-12 variant of coronavirus

31-Aug-2021

Pauri Garhwal (Uttarakhand) [India], August 31 (ANI): Pauri Garhwal district reported its first case of Delta Plus AY-12 variant of coronavirus on Monday.

31-Aug-2021 National

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Third Covid-19 wave will come if we invite it: Dr Renu Swarup

23-Aug-2021

New Delhi [India], August 23 (ANI): The third Covid-19 wave will come if "invited" by the human behaviour and that of the virus, said Dr Renu Swarup, Secretary of Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, on Monday.

23-Aug-2021 National

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Coronavirus: Why is Delta Plus a variant of concern?

17-Aug-2021

The Indian ministry of health has declared the Delta Plus variant of covid-19 as a variant of concern. Read along to find out all about the new variant found in Kerala, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh. So far over 40 cases of this new variant have surfaced. “As of now among the samples sequenced (45,000+) in […]

17-Aug-2021 Coronavirus

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