Category: Press Reports

The new variant of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19, B.1.1.7 is believed to be 71% more transmittable than the… Continue reading New UKvariant in India, but the existing COVID-19 precautions should work fine against it

The first patient of COVID-19 in India was identified on 30th Jan 2020 in Kerala. Over the past year, the… Continue reading Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 viral variants in India

A joint effort by CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), ICMR-National Institute of Nutrition (NIN)and Bharat Biotech has estimated… Continue reading 54% of Hyderabad’s population estimated to have antibodies against coronavirus

The game changing technology of dry swab RNA-extraction free testing to be introduced across SpiceHealth mobile laboratories; will significantly ramp… Continue reading SpiceHealth signs MoU with CSIR-CCMB; will be the first to launch dry swab direct RT-PCR Covid-19 testing in India

4th May, 2021, Hyderabad: On 24th April, 2021, the Nehru Zoological Park (NZP) at Hyderabad reported eight Asiatic lions in… Continue reading Identification of Coronavirus in 8 Asiatic lions in Nehru Zoological Park; lions under recovery

4th June, 2021: Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi and the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad have collaboratively… Continue reading Delta variant of coronavirus predominates in Varanasi

In the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is still unclear why some people experience more severe symptoms and adverse outcomes than… Continue reading Europeans and South Asians have different genetic correlations with COVID-19 outcomes