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Delta subvariant AY.4.2 is LESS likely to cause symptoms but slightly more infectious than its ancestor strain, study finds — as experts predict it will become dominant UK variant in next yearREACT study found AY.4.2 subvariant…

Bengaluru: The number of Delta AY.4.2 variant of coronavirus, which is spreading rapidly in some foreign countries, has increased to seven in Karnataka with three more people found to be infected with it in the city.…

No sooner than you thought all the talk of new COVID variants was over, there’s news of yet another one: AY.4.2. But what is it, where did it come from, and should we be concerned? …

A new Delta 'Plus' variant of the coronavirus, which is said to be driving a surge in Covid-19 cases in the UK and parts of Eastern Europe, has shown up in India and a group engaged in the genome sequencing of the virus is already…

A new mutation of the Delta variant of COVID-19 which was being monitored and assessed in the UK has now been classed as a Variant Under Investigation (VUI) amid concerns of its increased growth rate, with experts warning it is a…

Experts say that given how the Delta variant has predominated samples of Covid-19 globally for more than six months, it was seen as an indication that the novel coronavirus had reached its “evolutionary limit'.…