COVID

Question 1

What is the name of variant with lineage B.1.1.529?

Answer 1

Omicron

Question 2

What are the names of all the corona variants?

Question 3

where and by which organisation was the omicron detected?

Answer 3

in south africa by the ngs sa or the national genomic surveillance south africa in november 2021

Question 4

what is the name of the strain of the highly transmissible delta variant found in india

Answer 4

B.1.617.2

Question 5

what does SARS-CoV-2 stand for

Answer 5

severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

Question 6

when did who classify omicron as a variant of concern

Answer 6

26 november 2021

first reported 24th, first confirmed infection on 9th november

Question 7

what are the covid variants of concern

Answer 7

Alpha (lineage B.1.1.7)  - uk
Beta (lineage B.1.351) - south africa
Gamma (lineage P.1) - japan
Delta (lineage B.1.617.2) - india
Omicron (lineage B.1.1.529) - south africa

Question 8

what are the variants named after and why did they skip two letters?

Answer 8

greek alphabet

lpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, omicron

nu, xi : sounds like new and references the chinese president, is also a common surname (r2015 rules on nomenclature don’t want to offend cultural, social, national, ethnic, regional or professional group.)

Question 9

what makes a vaccine inefficient against a variant

Answer 9

mutations, especially in the spike protein which most vaccines use

Question 10

the omicron variant has ____ mutations in the spike protein alone

Answer 10

32

Question 11

what are some noteable changes in the variant?

Answer 11

30 amino acid changes (15 in the receptor binding protein)

3 small deletions

Question 12

when was the indian variant delta designated as a variant of interest and of concern

Answer 12

voi - 4 apr 2021

voc - 11 may 2021

Question 13

omicron is the ______th letter of the greek alphabet

Answer 13

15th

Question 14

__________ was established in July 1963 for research in epidemiology and control of communicable diseases and to reorganize the activities of the Malaria Institute of India.

Answer 14

National Centre for Disease Control

Question 15

how many branches does the ncdc have and where?

Answer 15

8 branches + one headquarters

Alwar, Bengaluru, Trivandrum, Calicut, Coonoor, Jagdalpur, Patna, Rajahmundry and Varanasi to advise the respective state governments on public health. The headquarters are in Sham Nath Marg, in New Delhi.

Question 16

in some places it is considered that the ncdc was established when the central malaria bureau was created and it was only renamed in the year of 1963. when was the central malaria bureau established

Answer 16

The origin of the National Centre for Disease Control can be traced to the Central Malaria Bureau, which was established at Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, India in 1909.

Question 16

in some places it is considered that the ncdc was established when the central malaria bureau was created and it was only renamed in the year of 1963. when was the central malaria bureau established

Answer 16

The origin of the National Centre for Disease Control can be traced to the Central Malaria Bureau, which was established at Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh, India in 1909.

Question 17

when was the central malaria bureau renamed?

Answer 17

It was renamed the Malaria Institute of India in 1938 and in 1963 renamed and replaced by the National Institute of Communicable Diseases.

Question 18

when did the national institute of communicable diseases come to be known as the ncdc

Answer 18

2008

Question 19

who launched Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Consortium in _______-

Answer 19

2020

National Centre for Disease Control under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in collaboration with Department of Biotechnology, Indian Council of Medical Research and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

Question 20

what is the genomic consortium

Answer 20

It is a national level multiple laboratory network that will help in sentinel surveillance, research genomic level variation, develop diagnostics and vaccine for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) related pandemic.

Question 21

ncdc and insacog(consortium) come under which ministry

Answer 21

ministry of health and family welfare

Question 22

who is the minister of health and welfare

Answer 22

Mansukh Mandaviya (Minister)

Question 23

who preceded mansukh mandviya

Answer 23

Harsh Vardhan (born Harshvardhan Goel, 13 December 1954) is an Indian otorhinolaryngologist. He had served as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences in the BJP-led NDA government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from 30 May 2019 to 7 July 2021.

Question 24

what was harshvardhan’s role and the who

Answer 24

Dr Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Health and Family Welfare, India, was elected the Chair of World Health Organization’s Executive Board 22 May 2020.

Question 25

who replaced dr harshvardhat as the chair of the who’s eb

Answer 25

dr patrick amoth

kenya

Question 26

what is the nicd - sa

Answer 26

The National Institute For Communicable Diseases

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases is the national public health institute of South Africa, providing reference to microbiology, virology, epidemiology, surveillance and public health research to support the government’s response to communicable disease threats. Wikipedia
Founded: 1963
Jurisdiction: South Africa
Preceding agency: National Institute for Virology
Parent organization: National Health Laboratory Service

Question 27

what can be used to detect omicron

Answer 27

sars cov 2 pcr diagnostics

Question 28

What is a PCR Covid test?

Answer 28

PCR means polymerase chain reaction. It’s a test to detect genetic material from a specific organism, such as a virus. The test detects the presence of a virus if you have the virus at the time of the test.