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BA.3.2 Cicada COVID Variant symptoms: How is it different from previous COVID strains, should you be worried?New Covid variant 2026 Cicada symptoms: The highly mutated new BA.3.2 Cicada COVID Variant has now spread to at least 23 countries, sparkin...- ‘Cicada’ Covid variant with 75 mutations is spreading: What it means for youCicada Covid Variant Symptoms: A new COVID variant with 70-75 spike protein mutations has been detected. The new virus can potentially evad...
- Omicron BF.7: What is herd immunity? Can it protect us from fourth Covid wave?Experts stated that the severity of Omicron BF.7 in India may be less severe than in China because Indians have already developed 'herd imm...
- India doing fine, do not expect surge in cases due to Omicron's sub-variants XBB, BF.7: VirologistBF.7 is a sub-lineage of the Omicron variant BA.5 and has the strongest infection ability since it is highly transmissible, has a shorter i...
- Scientists find how Omicron sub variants escape immune system, spread rapidlyThe researchers said it is possible that the continuing accumulation of mutations may set the stage for greatly altering the equilibrium an...
- Continuing to monitor 'several descendent lineages' of Omicron variant: WHOThe World Health Organisation has said that it is continuing to monitor "several descendent lineages" of the Omicron variant of the coronav...
- Experts warn of another Covid strain. Here's everything you need to know about the BA.2 subvariantThe omicron subvariant, BA.2, appeared to be “steadily increasing” in prevalence and that BA.2 had now become dominant in several Asian cou...
- People can catch Omicron twice, but reinfections aren't dangerous: Health expertsFarah Ingale, director, internal medicine at Fortis Hiranandani Hospital Vashi, said the hospital is seeing new cases of reinfection, espec...
- Omicron wave may cut future severity of COVID-19 disease, says new studyThe researchers from Africa Health Research Institute observed in samples from 23 people infected with Omicron in November and December tha...
- Omicron's explosive spread potential makes threat level very high globally, says INSACOG"Omicron has a clear growth advantage over Delta with the highest level of immune escape so far as well as high intrinsic transmissibility,...
- Clear data supporting very high immune escape potential of Omicron: INSACOGThe INSACOG reports genomic surveillance of SARS CoV -2 across the country through sequencing of samples from sentinel sites and also detai...
- Omicron infects 70 times faster but may cause less severe disease: StudyThe researchers from University of Hong Kong found that Omicron infects and multiplies 70 times faster than the Delta variant and original ...
- Omicron could cause up to 75,000 deaths in UK by April end, study warnsThe yet-to-be peer-reviewed study suggests that Omicron has the potential to cause a wave of transmission in England that could lead to hig...
- Covid vaccines, previous infection offer ‘stronger than basic' protection against Omicron: StudyThe findings, published in the journal Emerging Microbes & Infection, also suggest that although a third-dose of vaccines can “significantl...
- Omicron: evidence shows it evades immunity from earlier infection more than other variantsSouth African scientists first announced that they had identified a new variant on November 25, 2021. Since then, cases of COVID have incre...
- Pfizer Covid vaccine provides partial protection against Omicron: StudyThe Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine provides less immunity against Omicron than from other coronavirus variants, according to a lab study that sugg...
- Omicron coronavirus variant linked with high risk of reinfection: StudyThis is the first data-based study to suggest that Omicron may evade immunity from prior infection.
- Reinfection risk from Omicron higher than other variants: StudyThe study also found that the spread of the Beta or Delta variants was due to increased transmissibility, rather than immune escape.
- Risk of reinfection very high in Omicron: StudyThe authors said that they found no evidence that reinfection risk increased as a result of the emergence of Beta or Delta variants, sugges...
- India may have much more hybrid immunity than other countries, says top Covid expertPersonally, given the global seeding, we should just assume that it has arrived in India as well, and focus on rapidly identifying and sequ...
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