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Will current vaccines protect against new COVID-19 strain? Scientific Advisor to Govt. answers

December 29, 2020, 6:13 PM

Sneha Shah | New Delhi

Professor K VijayRaghavan?

Professor K VijayRaghavan?

Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Principal Scientific Advisor to Government of India Krishnaswamy VijayRaghavan said that there was no evidence that current COVID-19 vaccines would fail to protect against the new virus variant, that has been reported from United Kingdom or South Africa.

There is no evidence that current vaccines will fail to protect against COVID-19 variants reported from UK or South Africa. We do not need to worry on that factor for now, he said.

Most vaccines do target the Spike protein, in which there are changes in the variants. But vaccines stimulate our immune system to produce a wide range of protective antibodies. The changes in the variants are not sufficient to make the vaccines ineffective, he added.

However, he maintained that the new strain was more contagious than the classic virus and that the people should not become complacent- else it could lead to more cases.

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Active COVID cases near 30,000 mark in Nagpur

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4 years ago

January 25, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally, on Tuesday, January 25, reached 5,43,064 (till 5 pm) as 4028 (972 from rural and 2956 from city) new cases were recorded in a single day.

Also, active COVID cases, as on Tuesday, could be seen inching closer to 30,000 mark in the district.

Six people lost their lives (one from rural and five from city) on Tuesday. Till now, 10,183 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the district. Total tests taken were 11,377.

While patients who recovered on Tuesday were 2519, the total number of recovered patients stood at 503729.

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Nagpur reports 90 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

January 2, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally on Sunday, January 2 reached 4,94,193 (till 5 pm) as 90 (73 city, nine rural) more people tested positive for the virus.

Also, five patients recovered on Sunday taking the number of recoveries to 4,83,664.

Till now, 10123 people have lost their lives due to COVID in the district. As of now, there are 406 active COVID patients in the district.

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ALARMING! Nagpur reports 88 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

December 31, 2021

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur registered 88 (81 from city) new COVID-19 positive cases on Friday, December 31. Nagpur previously had recorded as minimum as six cases on December 24.