81% new covid cases in Punjab are UK variant: Amarinder

Eighty-one per cent of the 401 samples sent by the government for genome sequencing have tested positive for the United Kingdom variant of COVID-19, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said on......

Scientists find different variant of Covid virus in South India

Scientists at the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad have found prominently a different variant of SARS-CoV-2 in southern parts of India, a top official of the institute......

2 COVID-19 variants detected in Maha, Kerala: Govt

Two variants of SARS-CoV-2 -- N440K and E484K -- have been detected in Maharashtra and Kerala but there is no reason to believe presently that they are responsible for the surge in cases in some......

New Covid lineage identified, 2nd in India after 'double mutant' virus

A new lineage of the SARS-CoV-2 virus linked with high infectivity and immune escape mutation has been identified in India, but there is no evidence yet that it is driving the Covid surge either in......