Covishield, Covaxin work against all 4 Covid-19 variants: Govt

June 25, 2021 17:04

Balram Bhargava, Director General, ICMR on the Delta Plus variant: "Covidshield and Covaxin work against the variants of SARS CoV 2 -- alpha, beta, gama as well as delta. Delta Plus is present in 12 countries; 48 cases have been identified in India but more importantly, they have been very localised. This virus has also been isolated and cultured now.

"We are doing the same test that we have done for alpha, beta, gamma and delta. We are looking at the laboratory test to check the vaccine effect and we should have the results in about 7 to 10 days time."

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