Vaccines less effective against variant first found in India: UK expert
However, he reiterated that there is no evidence so far of increased severity of illness or that the particular mutation of the coronavirus evades the vaccine The vaccines being administered to protect against Covid-19 are almost certainly less effective against preventing the transmission of the B1.617.2 variant first identified in India, a leading UK scientist... Read More
Covaxin Works Against UK Strain, Variant Found in India: Bharat Biotech
Bharat Biotech has said its vaccine Covaxin is effective against the aggressively virulent B.1.167 strain of Covid detected in India and the UK variant of the virus B.1.1.7. The study — conducted by India’s National Institute of Virology and the Indian Council of Medical Research — has been published in a peer-reviewed journal, Clinical Infectious... Read More
Act west, think east: India is sealing relationships with US, UK, Europe after the double reality check from China
Almost unnoticed in the ferocity of the current Covid surge battering us, India’s foreign policy pivoted westwards, embracing partners and relationships that, if taken at the flood, could have interesting implications for India’s future. A Quad leaders’ summit in March drew the curtains from the new focus. For years the Indian system downplayed the importance... Read More
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UK scrambles over doubling of Indian Covid variant cases
England remains on track for the latest easing of its coronavirus lockdown next week but is taking no chances after a doubling of cases of an Indian variant, the government said Friday. Accelerated vaccinations, surge testing and possible local restrictions are all in the mix after infections of the variant rose from 520 last week... Read More
Covid: Indian variant could disrupt 21 June easing, PM says
Covid: Indian variant could disrupt 21 June easing, PM says The Indian Covid variant could pose “serious disruption” to lockdown easing in England on 21 June, the PM has said. Boris Johnson said if it was found to be “significantly” more transmissible there could be “some hard choices”. The wait between jabs will be cut... Read More
Scottish police free 2 Indians held by UK immigration force after mass protest by locals
Scottish police ordered the release on Thursday of two Indian men who had been detained by British immigration officials, after hundreds of protesters in Glasgow blocked the path of a van carrying the detainees. Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who wants to wrest immigration powers from the United Kingdom government, welcomed the police force’s actions... Read More
UK PM Boris Johnson announces public inquiry into his government’s pandemic handling
LONDON: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday announced a “full and independent” public inquiry into his government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, set to begin in the first half of 2022. In a statement to members of Parliament during the weekly Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) session in the House of Commons, Johnson said the... Read More
UK-India deepen work on climate change on the road to successful COP26
The UK and India agreed on urgent action to tackle climate change through new, shared commitments during today’s leader-level call. UK and India agree joint roadmap including plans to combat climate change by 2030, as Prime Ministers meet virtually. It includes new collaboration on clean energy transition and protecting forests, and joint leadership to develop... Read More