Omicron BF.7: Symptoms, safety measures, and all you need to know about this highly infectious Covid strainOmicron variant BA.5 sub-lineage BF.7 has the capacity to re-infect individuals and can even infect those who have had vaccines.
22 Dec, 2022, 03.18 PM IST
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...
22 Dec, 2022, 12.53 PM IST
'Completely new' Covid strains possible this winter: EUIt will include a mix of newly-approved jabs adapted for the now dominant Omicron strain, and the original vaccines developed to fight the ...
02 Sep, 2022, 09.00 PM IST
North Korea reports first COVID-19 cases, Kim orders national lockdownTop officials, including leader Kim Jong Un, held a crisis politburo meeting on Thursday to discuss the outbreak and announced they would i...
12 May, 2022, 09.08 AM IST
China's hiding real COVID-19 deaths by masking cause of death, reports sayThe country has recorded a mere two deaths from more than 443,000 cases since March 1, both of which occurred in Jilin - a province borderi...
17 Apr, 2022, 05.25 PM IST
Surge of Omicron infections prompts lockdowns in ChinaChina is grappling with its largest surge of COVID-19 infections since the coronavirus first emerged more than two years ago in central Chi...
15 Mar, 2022, 11.19 AM IST
No exit from zero-COVID: China struggles to find policy off-rampChinese medical experts believed last year that higher vaccination rates would eventually allow China to relax tough rules on movement and ...
27 Jan, 2022, 11.18 AM IST
Living with Covid proving tough for a gridlocked world economyThe World Bank has already lowered its growth outlook and International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Friday pred...
23 Jan, 2022, 11.13 AM IST
Chinese city Xi'an lifts some restrictions after lockdownThe city went into strict lockdown on December 22, following a coronavirus outbreak that officials attributed to the delta variant. Xi'an, ...
17 Jan, 2022, 12.02 PM IST
China's Omicron outbreak is bad news for the global supply chainSporadic outbreaks scattered across the country of both the delta and omicron variants have already triggered shutdowns to clothing factori...
12 Jan, 2022, 09.06 AM IST
China detects more Omicron cases as cities tighten restrictionsChina reported more cases of the highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant on Monday, with authorities on high alert over flare-ups ...
10 Jan, 2022, 10.52 AM IST
Asian markets get 2022 off to mixed start in thinned tradeThe new year got off to a mixed start on Monday in holiday-thinned Asian trade, following a healthy run-up at the end of last week, with so...
03 Jan, 2022, 08.36 AM IST
Asia keeps omicron at bay, but a surge may be inevitableMuch of Asia has largely managed to keep omicron at bay even as the variant rages in other parts of the world, but the region that is home ...
29 Dec, 2021, 11.15 AM IST
WHO warns of Omicron overload as China, Europe impose new curbsThe US is the nation hit hardest by the pandemic, and is closing in on its daily high of 250,000 cases recorded last January.
28 Dec, 2021, 11.34 PM IST
Half a million quarantined as China export hub faces outbreakThe problems in the province come as Chinese media reported on Monday that the country's first case of the fast-spreading Omicron variant h...
14 Dec, 2021, 12.19 PM IST
Britain says Omicron accounts for 40% of London infectionsThough Health Secretary Sajid Javid said there had been no deaths yet confirmed in England, he said Omicron was probably behind around 40% ...
13 Dec, 2021, 01.50 PM IST
Traders shrug off Omicron worries to send Sensex past 58,000Analysts said improving macros - GDP growth, GST collections, PMI - augur well for markets while rising inflation and its impact on monetar...
02 Dec, 2021, 10.10 AM IST