COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna work against the variant that emerged in India – known as B.1.617 – and drove its catastrophic recent surge, according to a new study from New York University. Both of the mRNA vaccines will neutralize the variant’s spike protein, the infectious surface part of the virus that lets … Read more
Air passengers arriving at London Heathrow Airport faced queues of up to three hours today as calls mounted to ensure arrivals from ‘red list’ countries such as India were separated from those coming in from other nations. All arrivals are currently going into the same queues at the border, which has raised concerns over social … Read more
A woman from New Jersey who moved to India to look after orphans with special needs has revealed how she took in four children during the height of the country’s coronavirus crisis. Courtney Lalotra, 34, from Brick, moved to India in 2010 to help in orphanages, before marrying her husband Yogesh, 37, and adopting 11 … Read more
Low vaccine uptake fuels variant fear: Only one in four London cases involved people who had travelled back from India… fuelling fears of widespread transmission here because of ‘vaccine hesitancy’ Low vaccine uptake could be driving the Indian variant’s spread, data shows London has the highest levels of the Indian variant – with 400 cases recorded … Read more
Moment trapped baby elephant is rescued by a digger after getting stuck in the mud while taking a cool bath Baby elephant became trapped in the mud after trying to take a bath to cool off It happened in Bandipur tiger reserve in Karnataka, southern India, on Saturday Footage shows unlucky elephant writhing around on … Read more
Bedlam at UK Borders: Passengers are left ‘terrified of catching Covid’ while crammed into Heathrow immigration queue for more than three hours next to hundreds just landed from India Heathrow arrivals say they were queuing for three hours in the border hall today Some claim to have been left standing next to passengers from red … Read more
India’s devastating second coronavirus wave and its ban on exporting vaccines has left the Covax scheme for other nations facing a shortfall of 140 million doses. India is the largest manufacturer for the program, which distributes free vaccines to developing countries, but the country stopped exports of the AstraZeneca vaccine in March in order to … Read more
India has seen the number of Covid-19 cases drop below 300,000 a day for the first time in three weeks – but as the country grapples with a second wave, it must also contend with a killer cyclone. Cyclone Tauktae bore down on India on Monday, disrupting the nation’s urgent response to its devastating Covid-19 … Read more
The coronavirus vaccines appear to be 97 per cent effective against infection from the new Indian variant, it has been suggested. Studies by laboratories in the UK and India have recorded no deaths among the vaccinated population from the new strain – which has strengthened the case in favour of jabs. Health Secretary Matt Hancock … Read more
‘Scared’ British Airways cabin crew ‘have been failing to show up for flights to India’ amid concern over Covid surge British Airways bosses have written to staff begging them not to stay off flights The airline is still operating seven flights a week to four major cities in India An employee has spoken out to … Read more