Tag: Variant

An individual who had contracted the B.1.617.2 variant of the coronavirus has been identified from Colombo, Dr. Chandima Jeewandara said.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced a new naming system for variants of Covid-19.

Vietnam has discovered a new COVID-19 variant which spreads quickly by air and is a combination of the strains first found in India and Britain, health officials confirmed Saturday.

The Pfizer and AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines are highly effective against the variant identified in India after two doses, a study has found.

India's information technology (IT) ministry has written to all social media companies asking them to take down any content that refers to an "Indian variant" of the coronavirus

Singapore warned on Sunday that the new coronavirus variants, such as the one first detected in India, were affecting more children, as the city-state prepares to shut most schools from this week and draws up plans to vaccinate youngsters.

There was a threat of the variant entering Sri Lanka through those arriving from India and from other countries where the variant has spread.

Jordan detected three cases of the Indian COVID-19 variant in people who had not travelled, the health minister told state-owned Al Mamlaka TV.

A patient infected with the South African variant of Covid-19 has been identified in Sri Lanka.

Indian pharmaceutical companies Bharat Biotech and Biological E. Ltd said on Monday they could quickly rework their COVID-19 vaccine products to fight new variants once their genetic sequence is known.