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'All Omicron strains present in India, but in small numbers'Experts have found out that in contrast to the prevailing perception about BF.7 dominating the outbreak in China, the information suggested...27 Dec, 2022, 12.31 AM IST- Mild disease, no severity among Indian patients: INSACOG on Omicron's XBB variantThe Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), in a statement, said it is keeping a close watch and monitoring the emergence and evol...02 Nov, 2022, 12.41 PM IST
- Covid-19: XBB unlikely to cause severe illness in India, say experts"It's a sub-variant of Omicron that gets around pre-existing immunity rather well," said Virologist Shahid Jameel of the University of Oxfo...02 Nov, 2022, 12.06 AM IST
- Omicron, sub-lineages remain dominant variant in India: INSACOGAmid the declining trajectory of daily Covid-19 cases in India, the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (INSACOG) on Sunday said that ...23 Oct, 2022, 02.51 PM IST
- Covid waves will continue as sub-variants evolve: ExpertsVirologist Shahid Jameel of the University of Oxford said he would be worried if the hospitalisations go up as well.02 Aug, 2022, 12.35 AM IST
- 'BA.2.75 sub-variant of Omicron has limited circulation in India, doesn't enhance disease spread'The sources also said it is critical to continue to monitor the spread of this sub-lineage and also the other emerging sub-lineages of Omic...05 Jul, 2022, 06.12 PM IST
- Cases of B.A. sub-lineage of Omicron found in Maharashtra for first time“The whole genome sequencing was conducted by the Institute of Science Education and Research, and its finding has been confirmed by the In...28 May, 2022, 09.27 PM IST
- COVID's new Omicron sub-lineages can dodge immunity from past infection: StudyThe scientists from multiple institutions were examining Omicron's BA.4 and BA.5 sublineages - which the World Health Organization last mon...01 May, 2022, 02.33 PM IST
- New Omicron sub-variant may be driving spike in casesThe Omicron variant of coronavirus replaced Delta as the predominant strain in India early this year. In the fourth week of December last y...22 Apr, 2022, 06.21 AM IST
- 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...13 Apr, 2022, 10.13 AM IST
- Two new Omicron subvariants detected by South African scientists"New Omicron BA.4 & BA.5 detected in South Africa, Botswana, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, and U.K. Early indications that these new sublineag...12 Apr, 2022, 05.17 PM IST
- Tata Medical says OmiSure RT-PCR test upgraded to detect BA.2 sub-lineages of OmicronIn an evaluation carried out by ICMR and the Virus Research & Diagnostics Laboratory, Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Mumbai, th...08 Feb, 2022, 08.09 PM IST
- BA.2 Covid variant is like Omicron's sister. Here's what we know about it so farWe're seeing cases of a sub-variant of Omicron, known as BA.2, emerge in Australia and more than 50 countries.03 Feb, 2022, 10.21 AM IST
- 9,672 Omicron samples found in January in genome sequencing, huge rise from Dec: GovtAs many as 9,672 Omicron samples were found in January in genome sequencing constituting 75 per cent of the total sequenced samples of COVI...27 Jan, 2022, 09.58 PM IST
- Scientists say Omicron sub-lineage BA.1 replacing Delta variantScientists 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...10 Jan, 2022, 01.50 PM IST
- Omicron sibling can't be detected by imported RT-PCR kits: ExpertsThe 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...03 Jan, 2022, 04.22 PM IST
- Scientists discover harder-to-detect version of Omicron variantThe new lineage has about half the gene variations of the original and can’t be detected with typical screening.08 Dec, 2021, 04.50 PM IST
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