Covid variants

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Coronavirus chronicle

WHO tracks two new Omicron sub-variants BA.4 & BA.5

The BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants are sister variants of the original BA.1 Omicron variant. Here’s what we know so far about the two new variants

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson listens to Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki (not pictured) during their meeting inside 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, November 26, 2021. Photo :Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

UK's Johnson sets out more measures to fight new Covid variant

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Analysis

Covid will keep spawning variants till the world is immune

Canadian experts release first molecular images of B.1.1.7 variant of Covid-19
Coronavirus chronicle

Canadian experts release first molecular images of B.1.1.7 variant of Covid-19

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Analysis

Why the mutated coronavirus variants are so worrisome

FILE PHOTO: A health worker in personal protective equipment (PPE) collects a sample using a swab from a woman at a local health centre to conduct tests for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), amid the spread of the disease, in New Delhi, India July 8, 2020. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File photo
Coronavirus chronicle

‘India’s double mutant could be considered a variant of concern’

This electron microscope image shows Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, orange, isolated from a patient. Photo: National Institutes of Health via AP.
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Ctg Covid variant shares similarities with 5 countries