Real name: B.1.617 — now divided into B.1.617.1, B.1.617.2 and B.1.617.3 When and where was it discovered? The variant was first reported by the Indian government in February 2021 but the first cases appear to date back to October 2020. Its presence in the UK was first announced by Public Health England on April 15. There … Read more
India’s Covid variant is now dominant in four local authorities in England and its rapid spread could jeapordise plans to ease lockdown, experts fear. Analysis by one of the UK’s biggest variant trackers warns the strain is focused in hotspots Bolton and neighbour Blackburn with Darwen, where outbreaks have exploded with numbers of positive tests … Read more
India’s Covid variant is now dominant in four local authorities in England and its rapid spread could jeapordise plans to ease lockdown, experts fear. Analysis by one of the UK’s biggest variant trackers warns the strain is focused in hotspots Bolton and neighbour Blackburn with Darwen, where outbreaks have exploded with numbers of positive tests … Read more
The Indian Covid variant that is surging in Britain could spread up to 60 per cent faster than the dominant Kent strain, a scientist has claimed. Professor Tom Wenseleers, a biologist and biostatistician at the KU Leuven university in Belgium, said on Twitter he had analysed how the two strains compared and found the Indian … Read more
The Indian Covid variant that is surging in Britain could spread up to 60 per cent faster than the dominant Kent strain, a scientist has claimed. Professor Tom Wenseleers, a biologist and biostatistician at the KU Leuven university in Belgium, said on Twitter he had analysed how the two strains compared and found the Indian … Read more
An Indian vlogger and actor has died from coronavirus shortly after appearing in a final video criticising his medical care. Rahul Vohra, 35, died in a New Delhi hospital on Sunday after being admitted in early May. His wife Jyoti Tiwari shared the news of Vohra’s death in an Instagram post on Monday accompanied by … Read more
Indian covid sufferers are now contracting deadly ‘black fungus’ infection with spike causing a shortage of the lifesaving drugs needed to treat it Mucormycosis is often most aggressive when immune system is weakened In Ahmedabad city, cases are up by four to five times compared to pre-Covid Gujarat has ordered special wards to treat the … Read more
Real name: B.1.617 — now divided into B.1.617.1; B.1.617.2; B.1.617.3 When and where was it discovered? The variant was first reported by the Indian government in February 2021. But the first cases appear to date back to October 2020. Its presence in the UK was first announced by Public Health England on April 15. There have since been … Read more
Up to half of all coronavirus cases in London could be caused by the new Indian variant, according to Public Health England figures. It was last week designated a ‘variant of concern’ by PHE because scientists say it could spread as fast – or even faster – than the dominant Kent strain (B117). But there … Read more
The former mill town of Bolton has been revealed as the UK hotspot for the new Covid 19 strain detected in India which has been escalated to a ‘variant of concern’. Urgent measures to contain the variant are in the works in the town including surge testing and a strengthened vaccination campaign urging people to … Read more