Omicron BA.2 less severe than its original and Delta variants : StudyOf 1,02,315 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the US from March 3, 2020 to June 20 this year, there were 20,770 labelled as Delta variants, 52,60...
27 Oct, 2022, 07.15 PM IST
Sanofi, GSK variant-specific Covid-19 shot found effective against Omicron"Sanofi-GSK's vaccine is the first candidate to demonstrate efficacy in a placebo-controlled trial in an environment of high Omicron varian...
24 Jun, 2022, 02.34 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
What's the difference in protection against Omicron between 2 doses and 3 doses of vaccine?Evidence had emerged suggesting the highly infectious Omicron variant has the ability to escape the protection two vaccine doses offer. So,...
08 Feb, 2022, 11.05 AM IST
Anti-Covid drugs potent against Omicron, antibody therapies less effective: StudyThe lab tests also showed that some antibodies have entirely lost their ability to neutralise Omicron at realistic dosages. "The bottom lin...
27 Jan, 2022, 01.25 PM IST
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot tests positive for coronavirus"This evening I got my Covid test done which came positive. I have very mild symptoms and no other problems. All the people who came in con...
06 Jan, 2022, 07.34 PM IST
Don't let your guard down thinking Omicron is mild infection, warns AIIMS expertExperts said the Omicron virus is highly infectious and it is going to increase the herd immunity.
06 Jan, 2022, 04.48 PM IST
Why are so many vaccinated people getting COVID-19 latelyA couple of factors are at play, starting with the emergence of the highly contagious omicron variant. Omicron is more likely to infect peo...
04 Jan, 2022, 02.42 PM IST
View: Spiralling cases shouldn’t be the only parameter for imposing restrictionsPlausibly, in the future, there will be more Covid-19 variants. But as the research shows, the T-cell response due to vaccination and infec...
31 Dec, 2021, 11.13 PM IST
Omicron variant resistant to antibodies, two vaccine doses: StudyHowever, the study found that a third dose of the Pfizer vaccine, and mixing Pfizer and AstraZeneca preventives may protect well against th...
31 Dec, 2021, 02.33 PM IST
India will see Omicron surge but cases will be mild, vaccines will help: South African expertThe chairperson of the South African Medical Association also said existing vaccines will definitely control the contagion but those unvacc...
25 Dec, 2021, 01.35 PM IST
Omicron can evade protection offered by Covid vaccines, antibody therapies: StudyThe researchers from Columbia University in the US and the University of Hong Kong noted that a striking feature of Omicron is the alarming...
24 Dec, 2021, 12.38 PM IST
Steady does it in the face of OmicronIndia cannot afford the luxury of knee-jerk lockdowns and other restrictions that turn out to be overkill in the face of Omicron.
14 Dec, 2021, 11.25 PM IST
Figuring out omicron - here's what scientists are doing right now to understand the new coronavirus variantHow effective are the antibodies people already have at fighting off omicron? If you got the booster shot, are you protected? Or if you had...
10 Dec, 2021, 11.02 AM IST
As Omicron fear goes viral again, companies bring back travel curbsThese measures come at a time when the Indian economy is showing signs of recovery. Most companies do their financial and strategic plannin...
06 Dec, 2021, 12.52 PM IST
Why it's too soon to panic about COVID vaccines and the new variantThe worst-case scenario is the virus has mutated so much in the crucial parts of its genome that it can escape vaccines designed to protect...
04 Dec, 2021, 06.51 PM IST
With dozens of new mutations, does Omicron cause only mild illness? What we know about new Covid variantMany of the early infections in South Africa were spotted among younger people.
29 Nov, 2021, 06.04 PM IST