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Australians urged to work from home as winter Omicron wave swamps hospitalsAustralia is in the grip of a third Omicron wave driven by the highly transmissible new subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5, with more than 300,000 ...- Dominant coronavirus mutant contains ghost of pandemic pastA genetic trait that harkens back to the pandemic's past, known as a "delta mutation," appears to allow the virus "to escape pre-existing i...
- Of Delta-cron & Milder-cronProspects for the rest of the year and beyond hinge on the questions of whether and when future variants will emerge
- India sailed through Omicron wave because of vaccination, says Health Minister MandaviyaIndia, which battled the deadly second wave blamed on the Delta variant in April-May last year, faced the Omicron challenge in December 202...
- 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...
- Will an Omicron-specific vaccine help control COVID? There's one key problemA vaccine targeting Omicron will increase immunity to the variant on both an individual and population level.
- COVID-19: Omicron driven wave will turn to villages after metros, says expert"Each time, a wave first hit high mobility areas which include metro cities and then to smaller areas and villages. So, within the next few...
- Omicron wave may cut future severity of COVID-19 disease, says new studyThe researchers from Africa Health Research Institute observed in samples from 23 people infected with Omicron in November and December tha...
- Omicron wave might be over as quickly as it began, says new reportWith Mumbai already hitting a peak at 20,971 cases on January 7, the country's financial capital could soon see a sharper decline. India, m...
- S.African study suggests Omicron less severe even for unvaccinatedUnvaccinated people infected with the Omicron variant of coronavirus may be less prone to severe illness and requiring hospital care or dyi...
- Omicron wave likely to subside by March: ExpertsIn the last few days there has been a steep increase in cases. In view of Omicron's explosive spread, experts say the threat level is curre...
- Delta vs Omicron: Despite record surge, these numbers from Delhi & Mumbai give us hopeOn Monday, India reported over 1.79 lakh fresh Covid cases, its highest single-day rise since late May.
- Surge in cases indicative of third Covid wave in India: ExpertWith 37,379 fresh cases, India's COVID-19 tally has climbed to 3,49,60,261, while the number of active cases of the infection has gone up t...
- 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 ...
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- Gearing up for an Omicron waveIndian vaccine makers, Bharat Biotech and Zydus Cadila, must make public the efficacy of their vaccine in tackling Omicron.
- South Africa's case drop may show omicron peak has passedAfter hitting a high of nearly 27,000 new cases nationwide on Thursday, the numbers dropped to about 15,424 on Tuesday. In Gauteng province...
- Omicron cases may outpace COVID-19 Delta surge but only mild cases reported in India so far: ExpertsEvidence has shown that the Omicron variant multiplies at a faster rate thereby causing infection at a faster rate and it has also been fou...
- COVID-19: Journey of Omicron in India so farDaily COVID-19 caseload in India that is currently around 7,500 infections is expected to increase once the Omicron starts displacing Delta...
- Will India see Omicron wave? It’ll be clear in a month or two, say expertsDr Shashank Joshi, a member of the state government’s Covid task force, said,“There are too many unknowns with the Omicron variant at the m...
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