It is capable of bypassing protection offered by vaccines and previous infections. The sub-variant possesses a higher capacity to cause rei...

These cases have been reported from Gujarat and Odisha, he added. BF.7 has been seen replacing the variants dominant in the United States a...

The lethal Delta variant, which began the terrible second wave in India in 2021, is not as transmissible as the BF.7 sub-variant.

India has recently restarted random testing of international passengers, with the fear of a resurgent subvariant - the BF.7 - taking centre...

The presence of Omicron's BA-5 sub-variant may be the reason for the sudden spike in cases in Tamil Nadu, the state Public Health and Preve...

The civic body said 279 COVID-19 samples were examined in the 12th series batch at the Genome Sequencing Lab in BMC-run Kasturba Hospital. ...

BA.4 and BA.5 are sub-variants of the highly transmissible Omicron strain of the coronavirus which had triggered the third wave of the pand...

The man, who lives in South Africa, had on May 1 tested positive for the coronavirus after he arrived here to meet his parents. He had left...

Both sub-variants, first reported in South Africa earlier this year, are now reported from several countries. They are responsible for the ...

The scientists from multiple institutions were examining Omicron's BA.4 and BA.5 sublineages - which the World Health Organization last mon...

The researchers said it is possible that the continuing accumulation of mutations may set the stage for greatly altering the equilibrium an...

The Omicron variant of coronavirus replaced Delta as the predominant strain in India early this year. In the fourth week of December last y...

COVID-19 infections in the United States have receded sharply since hitting record levels in January, although a coronavirus resurgence in ...

The BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron has been found in five African countries, a World Health Organization scientist said on Thursday, adding sh...

The initial Omicron variant has become the dominant virus strain in recent months but British health authorities have notably identified hu...

Scientists who are sequencing the positive samples have seen that the both the original Omicron variant, B.1.1.529, and a sub-lineage of Om...

The elusive sibling (sub-lineage) of the Omicron variant, BA.2, cannot be picked up by the imported RT-PCR kit having an S gene drop, resea...