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...
12 Apr, 2022, 05.17 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
New COVID cases drop by 19% globally, deaths stable: WHOWHO said that all other coronavirus variants, including alpha, beta and delta, continue to decline globally as omicron crowds them out. Amo...
16 Feb, 2022, 04.28 PM IST
115 deaths reported globally due to Omicron, one in India, says Health Ministry"Omicron has a substantial growth advantage over Delta as per WHO...Data from South Africa, the UK, Canada, Denmark suggests a reduced risk...
12 Jan, 2022, 07.06 PM IST
Omicron: Karnataka reports dozen new cases, count rises to 31Karnataka on Thursday reported dozen new cases of Omicron taking the overall count of persons infected with the new Covid-19 variant to 31.
23 Dec, 2021, 08.10 PM IST
Omicron sweeps across nation, now 73% of new US COVID casesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention numbers showed nearly a six-fold increase in omicron's share of infections in only one week.
21 Dec, 2021, 08.40 AM IST
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...
20 Dec, 2021, 11.03 PM IST
Omicron numbers doubling in 1.5-3 days in some areas: WHOOmicron is spreading rapidly in countries with high levels of population immunity, but it is unclear if this is due to the virus' ability t...
19 Dec, 2021, 08.22 AM IST
UK reports 10,000 jump in Omicron cases, deaths rise to 7Confirmed Omicron-variant COVID-19 cases hit 24,968 as of 1800 GMT on Dec. 17, up by just over 10,000 cases from 24 hours earlier, the UK H...
18 Dec, 2021, 09.14 PM IST
Telangana reports two more Omicron casesTwo more cases of Omicron were reported in Telangana on Friday, taking the state's tally to nine, a top health official said. While eight o...
17 Dec, 2021, 01.43 PM IST
Two doses of Covid vaccines induce lower antibody levels against Omicron: Oxford studyTwo doses of Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines generate lower levels of antibodies against the Omicron variant of coronavirus, accor...
14 Dec, 2021, 01.49 PM IST
Two-dose vaccines induce lower antibodies against Omicron, study findsResearchers from the University of Oxford published results from a study yet to be peer-reviewed, where they analysed blood samples from pa...
13 Dec, 2021, 11.06 PM IST
Omicron could cause up to 75,000 deaths in UK by April end, study warnsThe yet-to-be peer-reviewed study suggests that Omicron has the potential to cause a wave of transmission in England that could lead to hig...
13 Dec, 2021, 04.06 PM IST
UK opens up COVID boosters to all over 30s in Omicron fightOn Saturday, the UK recorded another 54,073 COVID-19 infections, including 633 of the Omicron variant.
12 Dec, 2021, 05.02 PM IST
Next virus could be more lethal, warns Oxford University vaccine creatorProfessor Sarah Gilbert, Professor of Vaccinology at the Jenner Institute of the University of Oxford also warned that vaccines could be le...
07 Dec, 2021, 09.59 AM IST
GSK says antibody drug 'Sotrovimab' works against OmicronUK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has approved sotrovimab, a Covid-19 treatment which has been developed by GSK and ...
02 Dec, 2021, 01.07 PM IST
Omicron adds new uncertainties to global economic outlook: Moody's AnalyticsIn its commentary titled 'Much to Learn About OmicronFast’, Moody’s Analytics said although the variant appears to spread ”remarkably quick...
29 Nov, 2021, 04.36 PM IST