Next Covid-19 strain may be more dangerous: Lab studyThe study, led by Alex Sigal at the Africa Health Research Institute in the South African city of Durban, indicates that the Covid-19 patho...
26 Nov, 2022, 10.40 PM IST
Boston University claims to have produced new Covid strain with 80 per cent kill rate. Details hereBoston University's scientists produced a new COVID strain that is highly potent and has an 80 per cent probability of killing an infected ...
18 Oct, 2022, 09.09 PM IST
Moderna seeks US FDA approval for Omicron Covid booster for children over 6 yearsIn a request to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Boston-based biotech has requested that omicron shots be approved for teenagers age...
24 Sep, 2022, 12.44 AM 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
Three cases of BA.4 and 1 of BA.5 Omicron sub-variants of coronavirus found in MumbaiBA.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...
13 Jun, 2022, 07.08 PM IST
UK studies new COVID variant XE as mutation of OmicronThe UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is studying XE - a mutation of the BA.1 and BA.2 Omicron strains - and as of March 22, 637 XE cases h...
05 Apr, 2022, 06.08 PM IST
Covid variant worse than Omicron in next 2 years: UK epidemiologistUK's SAGE advisors have warned of a "realistic possibility" that a more lethal variant could emerge that kills one in three people, in line...
24 Mar, 2022, 08.12 PM IST
Govt on alert as India reports Omicron, Delta co-infectionsAccording to an Insacog member, the new Deltacron variant which has been seen in some countries has not been found so far in India. However...
19 Feb, 2022, 12.45 AM IST
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...
29 Jan, 2022, 12.18 AM IST
Indian Institute succeeds in isolating and culturing Omicron strain in labExperts at the Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI), an autonomous institute under the Department of Biotechnology...
25 Dec, 2021, 09.42 AM IST
Fast-spreading, less mild and evasive? Why Omicron puzzle has kept world on edgeUK has reported over 50% rise in weekly Covid cases while daily infections in South Africa have swelled by 75-times since the start of Nove...
20 Dec, 2021, 11.03 PM IST
Omicron variant could replace Delta strain globally: Head of Russian Gamaleya InstituteAccording to the Gamaleya institute director, the effectiveness of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against the Omicron strain will be tested ...
13 Dec, 2021, 11.09 AM IST
Omicron variant found in 63 countries, might surpass Delta in spreading speed: WHO"As of December 9, 2021, cases of human infections with this variant have been identified in 63 countries across all six WHO regions," read...
13 Dec, 2021, 08.35 AM IST
Soon, we'll know whether vaccines are effective against Omicron variantThe ICMR-National Institute of Virlogiy have received samples of the Mumbai man infected with Omicron variant and research is underway to a...
06 Dec, 2021, 02.23 PM IST
Gujarat: Jamnagar man found infected with Omicron variant of coronavirus after returning from ZimbabweThe sample of the elderly man was sent for genome sequencing, after he tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, state health department sa...
04 Dec, 2021, 03.14 PM IST
Australia detects first Covid Omicron infectionsHealth officials in Australia said Sunday they had detected the Covid Omicron strain for the first time after testing two passengers from s...
28 Nov, 2021, 12.13 PM IST
Bond traders focus on the Fed’s inflation fight even amid Omicron fearThe Omicron virus strain’s emergence sparked a dramatic Treasuries rally on Friday. Traders rushed to push back the timing of a 2022 rate h...
28 Nov, 2021, 11.18 AM IST