Prime Minister's Principal Secretary chairs high-level meeting to review COVID-19 status, preparedness

Aug 21, 2023

An overview of the global COVID-19 situation was given by Health Secretary including certain newer variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, like BA.2.86 (Pirola) and...

Scientists scramble to understand highly mutated coronavirus variant spotted in 4 countries

Aug 20, 2023

The new variant, called BA.2.86 and nicknamed Pirola by variant hunters on social media, has more than 30 amino acid changes to its spike...