8 vaccines, 4 treatments in India's COVID-19 arsenal

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation has granted restricted emergency use authorisation to two new vaccines and a drug for COVID-19, taking the number of preventives and treatments......

Delta plus: New Covid variant identified in India

The highly transmissible Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 has mutated further to form the 'Delta plus' or 'AY.1' variant but there is no immediate cause for concern in India as its incidence in the......

Cipla ready to partner in Covid vaccine distribution

However, Cipla was very clear it does not want to get into vaccine manufacturing.  Sohini Das reports.  IMAGE: Healthcare workers wearing PPE kits carry syringes towards a Covid-19......

Covid: What is Delta, Delta Plus & can vaccines fight it?

While virologists say theoretically the vaccine that works on Delta should work on the Delta Plus variant as well, more research is needed, reports Sohini Das. IMAGE: A scientist examines COVID-19......