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Omicron less likely to cause Long COVID than Delta variant: Study"The Omicron variant appears substantially less likely to cause Long-COVID than previous variants but still 1 in 23 people who catch COVID-...
India sailed through Omicron wave because of vaccination, says Health Minister MandaviyaIndia, which battled the deadly second wave blamed on the Delta variant in April-May last year, faced the Omicron challenge in December 202...
Omicron dominates Covid third wave in Karnataka, minister clarifies deleting previous tweetAccording to the data gathered using genome sequencing activity for a sample of 5,659, up to December 2021, there were cases of 4,027 Delta...
Pfizer, BioNTech begin vaccine trial to target new strainThe study will have 1,420 subjects, with three cohorts examining different regimens of the current Pfizer-BioNTech Covid vaccine or an Omic...
Pfizer-BioNTech begin trials of new vaccine against Omicron variantThe study will have 1420 subjects, with three cohorts examining different regimens of the current Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine or an Omicr...
Omicron now accounts for over 90% of cases in Indian metrosData shows that Omicron has been spreading. According to the genomic surveillance data by Insacog network, in the fourth week of December, ...
Over 50% of Europeans on track to contract Omicron, says WHO"At this rate, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) forecasts that more than 50 percent of the population in the region w...
Sussanne Khan tests positive for COVID-19, asks everyone to stay safeKhan advised people to take precautions against the Omicron variant as it was extremely "contagious".
Pfizer expects Omicron vaccine to be ready in MarchA vaccine focused directly on the Omicron variant would also guard against breakthrough infections of a strain that has proven highly conta...
Daily Covid cases could hit 3 million if India goes US way: NomuraOn Thursday, India's daily case count had crossed 100,000 after a gap of 214 days, taking the total tally of Covid-19 cases so far to 35.2 ...
Calling Omicron 'mild' a mistake, warns WHO"Vaccine inequity is a killer of people and jobs and it undermines a global economic recovery," said Tedros.
CES to now end sooner than planned as Omicron cases surge"The step was taken as an additional safety measure to the current health protocols that have been put in place for CES," the event organis...
Omicron likely to be dominant strain globally in 2022: Singapore expertsThe new and highly transmissible Omicron variant of the deadly coronavirus has increased immune escape compared with the Delta variant and ...
Singapore enhances safety measures at airport as Omicron spreads overseasAll frontline workers will also be subject to a stricter testing regime. They will "minimally" be placed on seven-day polymerase chain reac...
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...
BioNTech, Pfizer say test shows 3 doses of vaccine neutralise OmicronBioNTech and Pfizer said on Wednesday a three-shot course of their COVID-19 vaccine was shown to generate a neutralising effect against the...
US likely to announce diplomatic boycott of Beijing Winter OlympicsThe move would allow the US to send a message on the world stage to China without preventing US athletes from competing.