India, which battled the deadly second wave blamed on the Delta variant in April-May last year, faced the Omicron challenge in December 202...

According 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...

A vaccine targeting Omicron will increase immunity to the variant on both an individual and population level.

"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...

The researchers from Africa Health Research Institute observed in samples from 23 people infected with Omicron in November and December tha...

With 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...

Unvaccinated people infected with the Omicron variant of coronavirus may be less prone to severe illness and requiring hospital care or dyi...

In 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...

"The (revenue) growth forecast for FY2022 has been revised downward by 200 bps to 15-17 per cent from the earlier estimates due to the ongo...

On Monday, India reported over 1.79 lakh fresh Covid cases, its highest single-day rise since late May.

With 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...

New studies in South Africa, Scotland and England show that Omicron is causing milder infections than previous variants and is less likely ...

Indian vaccine makers, Bharat Biotech and Zydus Cadila, must make public the efficacy of their vaccine in tackling Omicron.

After hitting a high of nearly 27,000 new cases nationwide on Thursday, the numbers dropped to about 15,424 on Tuesday. In Gauteng province...

Evidence has shown that the Omicron variant multiplies at a faster rate thereby causing infection at a faster rate and it has also been fou...

Daily COVID-19 caseload in India that is currently around 7,500 infections is expected to increase once the Omicron starts displacing Delta...

Dr 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...