The study 'Neutralisation of Delta Variant with Sera of Covishield vaccines and Covid-19 Recovered Vaccinated Individuals' has been done by scientists from the ICMR, National Institute of Virology, Pune, and Department of Neurosurgery, Command Hospital (Southern Command), Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. Apparently, the Delta variant has slowly dominated the other variants. "The high transmissibility associated with Delta variant led to second wave of the pandemic in India which affected millions of people. The study evaluated immune response in sera of the Covishield vaccinated individuals belonging to categories-- one dose vaccinated, two doses vaccinated, Covid-19 recovered plus one dose vaccinated, Covid-19 recovered plus two doses vaccinated and breakthrough Covid-19 cases. "The findings of the study demonstrated that the breakthrough cases and Covid-19 recovered individuals with one or two dose of vaccine had relatively higher protection against Delta variant in comparison to the participants who were administered either one or two doses of Covishield.

Source: Mint July 03, 2021 17:26 UTC