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Enhanced recombination: A shot in the arm for SARS-CoV-2The team analysed genomic sequences of all the viral strains that appeared between November 2019 and July 2022 in various databases worldwi...- BF.7 Covid outbreak: Why new variant may not cause another Covid wave in IndiaIndia may also witness rise in Covid cases in the next few weeks, but experts believe that the situation may not be as alarming as what's h...
- Covid variant BF.7 found in China, here's all about transmission rate, symptoms and health concernsThe most common COVID BF.7 variant at the moment in China, where an increasing number of cases have shocked the entire world, is Omicron BF...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Unlike Omicron, XE coronavirus variant causes loss of smell & taste. Find out more symptoms of this mutant strainXE coronavirus variant is said to be 10 times more transmissible than Omicron.
- 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...
- 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...
- Pfizer expects Omicron vaccine to be ready in MarchA vaccine focused directly on the Omicron variant would also guard against breakthrough infections of a strain that has proven highly conta...
- 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...
- Omicron will soon replace Delta as dominant global variant: ExpertsWhile Delta is still the most common variant in all continents except Africa, Omicron is spreading very quickly.
- Scientists identify antibodies that can block Omicron variantScientists have identified antibodies that neutralise Omicron and other variants of coronavirus by targeting areas that remain essentially ...
- 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...
- 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...
- J&J, Sinopharm, Sputnik V COVID-19 shots less effective against Omicron -studyVaccines from Moderna, AstraZeneca, Pfizer and partner BioNTech retained activity against Omicron, but the antibody response was greatly re...
- Omicron: Parliamentary panel recommends evaluation of vaccines, more research for booster doseThe panel on health, which presented its report on Friday, also said that concerns with regard to the new strain developing immunoescape me...
- Omicron variant may be less lethal in India, epidemiologist saysGiven the widespread exposure of Indians to Covid-19 virus and a reasonably-high vaccination rate, India will likely be less affected by th...
- 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...
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