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PM Modi to review Covid situation at high-level meeting todayUnion Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the prevailing Covid-19 situation in the co...- Newer Omicron subvariants escape immunity provided by vaccination, previous infection: StudySince the initial highly infectious SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant known as BA.1 of COVID-19 emerged last year, its new subvariants continue to...
- Covid booster needed for broad protection against Omicron variants, studies showThe studies, published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), and Cell Host & Microbe journal, showed that a third mRNA vaccine dos...
- What do we know about 'stealth omicron', the extra-contagious version of the Covid-19 variant?It was given the "stealth" nickname since it looks like the delta variant on certain PCR tests.
- What is the new COVID-19 ‘stealth' variant BA.2. Will it cause another Covid wave?Some scientists have called BA.2 a “stealth” variant because, unlike the BA.1 variant, it lacks a particular genetic signature that disting...
- As Omicron surge subsides, researchers on high alert for Covid BA.2 variant. What we know so farThe variant could potentially slow the current decline of Covid cases.
- Delta still dominant strain of COVID-19, says Maharashtra health official amid Omicron scareThe official also maintained that the present surge is mainly restricted to cities and areas like Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Palghar Pune and N...
- Data shows Omicron variant driving third wave of pandemic across statesTill a few days ago it was only in the western region of the country that the surge in Covid cases was due to Omicron, while in the northea...
- Covid: An Omicron-led third wave in India may not be as severe as past onesNew studies in South Africa, Scotland and England show that Omicron is causing milder infections than previous variants and is less likely ...
- Centre extends COVID-19 curbs till January 31 amid increasing Omicron threat"The country has witnessed an overall decline in active cases. However, the new variant, Omicron, is reported to be at least three times mo...
- Bill Gates warns world is 'entering the worst part of pandemic', says his close friends have Omicron; shares prevention stepsConsidering the looming concerns over the deadly virus, Gates cancelled most of his holiday plans.
- Omicron infections seem to be milder, three research teams reportWhile the new research is heartening, experts warn that the surge coming to many countries still may flood hospitals with omicron cases, si...
- PM Modi to hold meeting on COVID-19 situation on Thursday: Government sourcesIndia has so far recorded 213 cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus across 15 states and Union territories and 90 of the infected...
- Omicron 3 times more contagious than Delta, enforce containment measures: Centre writes to statesThe Union Health Ministry on Tuesday said that 200 cases of Omicron variant of the coronavirus have been detected across 12 states and unio...
- 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...
- Omicron: Urgent need to scale-up public health, social measures to curtail spread, says WHOThe overall threat posed by Omicron largely depends on three key questions -- its transmissibility; how well the vaccines and prior SARS-Co...
- US faces a double coronavirus surge as omicron advancesIn the United States, 36 states have detected the variant. Meanwhile, delta is surging in many places, with hot spots in New England and th...
- Omicron-stricken South Africa may be glimpse into the futureWithin days, the world was ablaze with the news that the coronavirus had a new variant of concern - one that appears to be driving a dramat...
- WHO says measures against delta work for omicron variant tooMuch remains unknown about the new variant, including whether it is more contagious, as some health authorities suspect, or if it makes peo...
- As fears around Omicron grip the world, here are ten updates from WHO on the new Covid strainThe World Health Organisation (WHO) has asked countries not to put flight bans on southern African nations and instead use science and othe...
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