Delta Plus a variant of concern: Centre disses own version

Delta Plus variant more transmissible, may cause potential reduction in monoclonal antibody therapy    

Continued surveillance can help tweak vaccines for COVID-19 variants

Need to seamlessly connect vaccine development pipelines to variant identification and testing so that time can be saved while updating vaccines …

Know the Delta: A game of hide and seek

Should we be studying the variants more?

South African health experts have identified a new lineage of SARS-CoV-2: what’s known so far

The new lineage might be able to partially evade the immune response. However, vaccines will still offer high levels of protection against …

The hunt for coronavirus variants: how the new one was found and what we know so far

Ultimately, everything known about B.1.1.529 so far highlights that universal vaccination is still our best bet against severe COVID-19

COVID-19: 2 years into pandemic, original virus nowhere as variants take over

Data from GISAID has revealed the current dominance of the GK clade, to which the Delta variant belongs, in nearly every continent

How virulent is omicron? Study from Gauteng looks at clinical severity of 4th wave

Hospitalisations triggered by omicron infections fewer than those triggered by beta and delta variants; average time spent in hospital also less