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Number of new Covid cases increased 52% globally in past one month, says WHOThe number of new deaths decreased by 8 per cent as compared to the previous 28-day period, with over 3,000 new fatalities reported, World ...
No new Covid variants emerged during China's recent outbreak: Lancet studyChina is widely reported to have ended its zero-Covid strategy on December 7, 2022. Since the lifting of these strict Covid-19 control poli...
No new strains detected in latest China Covid outbreak: Lancet analysisAccording to the report, genome analysis of 413 new Covid-19 infections in Beijing spanning the period when China lifted its strictest pand...
What we know about the 'Kraken' Covid variant XBB.1.5 and why it's causing concernXBB.1.5 is a descendant of the omicron XBB subvariant — which is itself a cross between two earlier strains: BA.2.75 and BA.2.10.1. The ori...
Omicron subvariants BA.5.2, BF.7 responsible for latest COVID outbreak in China: WHOIn a statement, WHO said that the Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution (TAG-VE) held a meeting with the Chinese Center for Disease C...
China COVID data shows no new variant but under-reports deaths, WHO saysThe data was based on an analysis of more than 2,000 genomes by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the WHO said
Insacog to hold meet this week amid viral Covid wave in ChinaLast week, a new sub-lineage of Omicron, XBB 1.5, was detected in the country. The BF.7 sub-variant - another sub-lineage of Omicron varian...
Not much to worry about? BF.7 variant, linked to China spike, found in 91 nations for up to 2 yearsAccording to data released by the Scripps Research Institute, 91 countries have had a variant matching the genetic make-up and mutation pro...
Four cases of BF.7 Omicron subvariant detected in India so farThese cases have been reported from Gujarat and Odisha, he added. BF.7 has been seen replacing the variants dominant in the United States a...
- Covid variant BF.7 found in China, here's all about transmission rate, symptoms and health concerns
The most common COVID BF.7 variant at the moment in China, where an increasing number of cases have shocked the entire world, is Omicron BF...
What we know about the BF.7 coronavirus variant that has triggered fears of a fresh wave of infectionIndia has recently restarted random testing of international passengers, with the fear of a resurgent subvariant - the BF.7 - taking centre...
Experts warn of new Covid variantsWang Guangfa, a respiratory expert from Peking University First Hospital, warned that Beijing may experience a spike in severe Covid-19 cas...
Omicron BA.2 less severe than its original and Delta variants : StudyOf 1,02,315 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the US from March 3, 2020 to June 20 this year, there were 20,770 labelled as Delta variants, 52,60...
COVID outbreak in China's Beihai leaves 2,000 tourists strandedThe new wave of COVID-19 cases has been triggered by new emerging Omicron sub-variants, with nine such sub-variants all classified as forms...
What is the BA.5 variant and why does it seem to be reinfecting so many people with COVID-19?BA.5 is a sister variant of the Omicron strain that has been dominant worldwide since the end of 2021, and has already caused spikes in cas...
New Omicron subvariant BA.5.2.1 found in ShanghaiThe case, found in the financial district of Pudong on July 8, was linked with a case from overseas, said Zhao Dandan, vice-director of the...
China reports new Omicron variant: Beijing makes vaccine proof mandatory for publicOmicron sub-variant BA.5.2 was discovered in Beijing and northwest China's Shaanxi Province, leading to strengthened anti-epidemic measures...
Fresh Covid outbreaks put millions under lockdown in ChinaHealth authorities reported over 300 infections Wednesday, with clusters found in the historic northern city of Xi'an -- home to the Terrac...
COVID-19: Samples collected from central, south, southeast Delhi show presence of BA.5 sub-variant of OmicronThe findings were discussed at a meeting on June 17 by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), which reviewed the COVID-19 dat...
Omicron sub-variant BA.2.12 found in most of Delhi samples, could be behind surge: SourcesDelhi logged 1,009 fresh Covid cases on Wednesday, a 60 per cent jump from a day ago.