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‘Cicada’ COVID variant BA 3.2 spreads to 25 states — what symptoms you should not ignoreThe BA.3.2 COVID-19 subvariant, known as “Cicada,” is spreading across the United States, with cases reported in 25 states and over 20 coun...
BA.3.2 Cicada COVID Variant symptoms: How is it different from previous COVID strains, should you be worried?New Covid variant 2026 Cicada symptoms: The highly mutated new BA.3.2 Cicada COVID Variant has now spread to at least 23 countries, sparkin...
How strong are new Covid strains? Should you be worried?India is experiencing a rise in COVID-19 cases, particularly in major cities, driven by the JN.1 sub-variants LF.7 and NB.1.5. While these ...
Can recent Covid increase lead to another 'wave'? Here's what virologist saidDespite the surge in Covid-19 cases in Kerala, the majority of patients are recuperating without needing medical intervention. However, is ...
Covid variant XBB.1.5 account for over 40pc of cases in USRegionally, XBB.1.5 now accounts for the majority of COVID-19 cases in the northeast, identified as causing 75 percent of cases in New Engl...
Will Covid variant BF.7 bring the world's fourth pandemic wave? Understand the difference with DeltaThe lethal Delta variant, which began the terrible second wave in India in 2021, is not as transmissible as the BF.7 sub-variant.
PM Modi to review Covid situation at high-level meeting todayUnion Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting to review the prevailing Covid-19 situation in the co...
New XBB Covid variant is immune evasive says WHO's Soumya SwaminathanOn Tuesday, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya convened a high-level meeting with senior health officials to discuss the emergence of ...
Insacog meet on Friday to assess new strainsOther than BQ.1, Insacog is also seeing a new recombinant variant BXX in the country and other emerging sub variants like BA5.1.7 and BF.7....
BA.4.6: What we know about the new Omicron subvariant that is spreadingBA.4.6 is a descendant of the BA.4 variant, which was first detected in January 2022 . It's possible it could be a recombinant variant.
New Omicron sub-variant detected in majority of samples analysed: LNJP studyDoctors at the 2,000-bed LNJP Hospital, the largest under the Delhi government, has been the mainstay of the capital's fight against the CO...
Novel COVID-19 vaccine offers superior protection against Omicron variantsThe improved response against the BA.1 subvariant was reported on June 6 in the journal Nature Communications. The results of the study inv...
COVID outbreak in China's Beihai leaves 2,000 tourists strandedThe new wave of COVID-19 cases has been triggered by new emerging Omicron sub-variants, with nine such sub-variants all classified as forms...
Newer Omicron subvariants escape immunity provided by vaccination, previous infection: StudySince the initial highly infectious SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant known as BA.1 of COVID-19 emerged last year, its new subvariants continue to...
WHO: COVID-19 cases mostly drop, except for the AmericasIn its latest weekly assessment of the pandemic, the U.N. health agency said there were more than 3.7 million new infections and 9,000 deat...
COVID-19: NRI on Gujarat visit tests positive for Omicron sub-variant BA.5The man, who lives in South Africa, had on May 1 tested positive for the coronavirus after he arrived here to meet his parents. He had left...
Omicron subvariant BA.2 dominates northeastern region of USThe United States has recorded an increase in the Covid-19 cases caused due to the Omicron subvariant BA.2. Interestingly, the increase is ...
What is the new COVID-19 ‘stealth' variant BA.2. Will it cause another Covid wave?Some scientists have called BA.2 a “stealth” variant because, unlike the BA.1 variant, it lacks a particular genetic signature that disting...
What is the new COVID-19 variant BA.2, and will it cause another wave of infections in the US?BA.2 is the latest subvariant of omicron, the dominant strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. While the origin of BA.2 is sti...
Experts warn of another Covid strain. Here's everything you need to know about the BA.2 subvariantThe omicron subvariant, BA.2, appeared to be “steadily increasing” in prevalence and that BA.2 had now become dominant in several Asian cou...