Tag: variants

#Pakistan News Covid-19 has killed more than 3M people and infected over 147M others globally. Here are all the coronavirus-related developments for April 26: A Nepalese health worker checks oxygen level of a patient having difficulties with breathing at an emergency Covid-19 ward at a hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal, ...

The frustration is palpable in Joan’s voice, as over the phone from Nova Scotia she recounts how her husband never received the results of his at-home COVID-19 test from Switch Health after he returned to Canada on a recent flight from a country in Africa.And she is incredulous that ...

KEY FACTS5:15 p.m.: Ontario will decide whether to delay spring break because of COVID-19 by Friday, says Doug Ford 3:30 p.m.: National vaccine panel recommends suspending AstraZeneca shot for those under 5512:18 p.m.: Worsening COVID-19 indicators mean Toronto hair salons might not be able to re-open April 12 after ...

KEY FACTS10:30 p.m.: Toronto reports more than 1,000 COVID-19 daily cases for the first time since January 8:45 p.m.: Ontario considering offering full-time online learning to students in all grades 7:30 p.m.: Another shutdown may be needed in Ontario as COVID-19 variants spread, infectious disease experts warn6:18 a.m.: The ...

Boston: Antibodies raised by some COVID-19 vaccines are less effective at neutralising new, circulating variants of the novel coronavirus such as the ones first reported in the UK, South Africa and Brazil, according to a new study.The research, published in the journal Cell, noted that the neutralising antibodies induced ...

The Union government has issued a fresh set of air travel guidelines, as the country reported the presence of the U.K., South Africa and Brazil mutant variants of SARS-CoV-2 that have demonstrated increased transmissibility, as reported by the World Health Organization. They have been currently detected in 86, 44 ...

NEW YORK: The makers of COVID-19 vaccines are figuring out how to tweak their recipes against worrisome virus mutations — and regulators are looking to flu as a blueprint if and when the shots need an update.“It’s not really something you can sort of flip a switch, do overnight,” ...