South Africa Strain

South African Strain “Flooding In The Back Door”, Warns Vaccine Team

According to Sir John, the continent had ‘no idea’ what was going on in terms of how strains were spreading, reports The Telegraph.

Hopeless response

Europe’s “hopeless” response to Covid-19 has meant Britain risks the South African strain “flooding in the back door” when travel resumes, making it impossible for vaccines to curb the spread of the virus, a leading member of the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine team has said.

The third wave

Sir John Bell was speaking days after the Government attempted to...

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Covid 19 Vaccine Stopped, Less Effective Against New Strain

  • Drugmaker AstraZeneca is racing to adapt its Covid-19 vaccine in the face of new variants of the virus.
  • The process has become more urgent after the outcome of a small-scale study.
  • The study found that it was less effective at protecting against the more virulent strain discovered in South Africa.
  • Vaccine makers are working on second-generation shots to target variants.

A recent news article published in CNBC reveals that AstraZeneca races to adapt Covid vaccine to variant as South Africa...

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New UK Coronavirus Spreads To At Least 60 Countries, Says WHO

  • The UK coronavirus strain has spread to at least 60 countries, the World Health Organization reported.
  • The arrival of mass inoculation drives in the United States, Europe and Asia had brought hope that the end of the epidemic was in sight.
  • Deep concern over new variants of the deadly pathogen has triggered governments around the world to toughen constraints.

According to WHO, the faster-spreading UK coronavirus variant has now been found in at least 60 countries, 10 more compared with a week...

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How To Tackle the South African COVID Strain?

After reports of the UK Strain, reports of a more deadly South African Strain of the coronavirus is causing havoc in the world as scientists have said that it could bypass the newly approved vaccines. Keeping that in mind, BBC’s Health Editor, Michelle Roberts investigated the South African Variant and here’s an insight into it. 

The  new variant of coronavirus circulating in South Africa is now being seen in other countries, including the UK.

Experts are urgently studying it to understand what...

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How The Coronavirus Changed & Evolved To Fit In

  • The coronavirus genealogy has revealed the extent of the infection we are having.
  • At present there are 7 strains of the virus which comes from the original L Strain coronavirus in China.
  • The L Strain gave rise to the G strain by some amino acid change in the structure 
  • Demography shows this G strain is causing the most havoc and is effective in epicentres like the US & India.
  • Some countries have a mix of these 2 strains 
  • South Korea dominant strain is V strain 
  • Singapore had a non dominant O...

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