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5/12/2021 Covishield, Covaxin protect against 'Indian strain' of COVID-19, shows preliminary study https://www.businesstoday.in/coronavirus/covishield-covaxin-protect-indian-strain-covid-19-preliminary/story/437728.html 1/4 Wednesday, May 12, 2021 | Updated 23:48 IST SENSEX VACCINE GOOGLE SBI WHATSAPP JHUNJHUNWALA MORE FROM THE AUTHOR Prioritise those eligible for second COVID-19 vaccine dose: Cabinet Secretary Unrest among AstraZeneca investors over CEO pay package Both of India's vaccines, Covishield and Covaxin, have shown efficacy against the "Indian strain" of coronavirus, also known as B.1.617 variant or "double mutant", a new study has found. Preliminary results of the study conducted on the new Indian strain of COVID-19 have revealed that it could generate only "milder" illness in case of infection post-vaccination. Anurag Agrawal, Director, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), said the initial results showed only mild infections of the new coronavirus strain after people received either of these vaccines. "Initial positive neutralisation studies of B.1.617, with both post-Covaxin or Covishield sera, are correlatable with milder Home CORONAVIRUS Story BusinessToday.In | April 28, 2021 | Updated 09:30 IST Covishield, Covaxin protect against 'Indian strain' of COVID-19, shows preliminary study "Initial positive neutralisation studies of B.1.617, with both post-Covaxin or Covishield sera, are correlatable with milder disease during post-vaccination breakthrough infections," says Anurag Agrawal, Director, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology GDP GROWTH JOBS GROWTH UNEMPLOYMENT INFLATION ECONOMY IN NUMBERS BUSINESS TODAY Indian Economy: The Big Stumble This Issue | All Issues SUBSCRIBE NOW Available on : LATEST MUST READ TECH NEWS Stella Fietsen - Afspraak? Stella Bikes - Antwerpen The new Indian strain of coronavirus has been found in at least 17 countries Enter search keyword Covaxin effective, important antidote against COVID-19, says Dr Anthony Fauci LENTEKRIEBELS. Fijne voorjaardag. Vier de lente met onze producten. Bekijk nu Vier de lente met onze producten. LENTEKRIEBELS. Fijne voorjaardag. Bekijk alle lenteproducten ECONOMY CORPORATE MARKETS MONEY INDUSTRY TECH OPINION PHOTOS VIDEOS MAGAZINE Story in Audio

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Both of Indias vaccines Covishield and Covaxin have shownefficacy against the Indian strain of coronavirus also knownas B1617 variant or double mutant a new study has foundPreliminary results of the study conducted on the new Indianstrain of COVID-19 have revealed that it could generate onlymilder illness in case of infection post-vaccination

Anurag Agrawal Director Institute of Genomics andIntegrative Biology (IGIB) said the initial results showed onlymild infections of the new coronavirus strain after peoplereceived either of these vaccines

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disease during post-vaccination breakthrough infections Thisis a positive while we get quantitative data for betterunderstanding of infection protection he said via a tweet

The IGIB operates under the Council for Scientific andIndustrial Research (CSIR)

Also read 39 vaccines to battle Covid-19 by December 6from India

Similar results were shown during another study conducted bythe Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)Hyderabad recently The study also revealed that both vaccinesoffer protection against the new coronavirus strain Expertshowever reiterated that these were preliminary findings

Very preliminary but encouraging result Covishield protectsagainst B1617 Early results using in vitro neutralisation assayshow that both convalescent (prior infection) sera andCovishield vaccinated sera offer protection against the B1617variant aka DoubleMutant CCMB Director Rakesh Mishratweeted last week

The Indian strain or B1617 variant of coronavirus has threenew spike protein mutations Two of them -- E484Q andL452R -- are important for antibody-based neutralisationwhile the third one -- P681 -- allows the virus to have easyaccess in our body The new Indian strain is believed to bemore infectious than previous ones and has caused a spurt incoronavirus cases across India

Also read India badly needs Sputnik V in fight againstCOVID-19

As per the World Health Organization (WHO) the new Indianstrain of coronavirus has been found in at least 17 countriesThe international health body said the B1617 variant wasdetected in over 1200 sequences uploaded to the GISAIDopen-access database GISAID is a global science initiative andprimary source established in 2008 that provides open accessto genomic data of influenza viruses and the coronavirusresponsible for the COVID-19 pandemic

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disease during post-vaccination breakthrough infections Thisis a positive while we get quantitative data for betterunderstanding of infection protection he said via a tweet

The IGIB operates under the Council for Scientific andIndustrial Research (CSIR)

Also read 39 vaccines to battle Covid-19 by December 6from India

Similar results were shown during another study conducted bythe Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)Hyderabad recently The study also revealed that both vaccinesoffer protection against the new coronavirus strain Expertshowever reiterated that these were preliminary findings

Very preliminary but encouraging result Covishield protectsagainst B1617 Early results using in vitro neutralisation assayshow that both convalescent (prior infection) sera andCovishield vaccinated sera offer protection against the B1617variant aka DoubleMutant CCMB Director Rakesh Mishratweeted last week

The Indian strain or B1617 variant of coronavirus has threenew spike protein mutations Two of them -- E484Q andL452R -- are important for antibody-based neutralisationwhile the third one -- P681 -- allows the virus to have easyaccess in our body The new Indian strain is believed to bemore infectious than previous ones and has caused a spurt incoronavirus cases across India

Also read India badly needs Sputnik V in fight againstCOVID-19

As per the World Health Organization (WHO) the new Indianstrain of coronavirus has been found in at least 17 countriesThe international health body said the B1617 variant wasdetected in over 1200 sequences uploaded to the GISAIDopen-access database GISAID is a global science initiative andprimary source established in 2008 that provides open accessto genomic data of influenza viruses and the coronavirusresponsible for the COVID-19 pandemic

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