Omicron
- India
TN man who died of Covid was infected with Omicron XBB variant
Chennai: A 27-year-old man who had died of Covid-19 in a private hospital in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchi was infected with the Omicron-XBB variant, officials said on Tuesday. The whole genome sequencing report…
- World
Omicron XBB.1.5 variant is highly transmissible and infectious: Lancet
Tokyo: The XBB.1.5 — subvariant of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron — has high transmissibility and infectivity, according to a study published in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases. Researchers at the University of Tokyo in…
- World
Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 accounts for nearly 90% new Covid cases in US
Washington: The highly transmissible Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 now accounts for nearly 90 per cent of all Covid-19 cases reported in the US, according to the latest estimates by the Centers for Disease…
- World
Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 prevalence jumps to 75 pc in US
Los Angeles: The highly transmissible Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 now accounts for about three-fourths of all Covid-19 cases reported in the US this week, according to the estimates released by the US Centers…
- India
BF.7 found in several positive samples of international passengers: Mandaviya
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said the Omicron sub-variant, BF.7, has been found in several of the 200 Covid-positive samples of international air passengers that have so far…
- India
New Omicron variants not causing spike or mortality of cases: Health Ministry
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Monday said that sequencing of samples from Integrated Disease Surveillance Program (IDSP) sentinel sites have referred that all the omicron variants like BA.2 and its…
- India
Rajasthan: US returnee tests positive for Omicron sub-variant
Jaipur: A 21-year-old youth has been traced in Jaipur who has reportedly tested positive for Omicron sub-variant XBB 1.5, which experts say is more contagious than the previous strains of the virus.…
- Delhi
No case of BF.7 variant found in Delhi, no need to panic: Kejriwal
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, after a review meeting with ministers on the Covid situation on Thursday, said that Delhi does not have a single case of the Omicron sub-variant…
- India
PM Modi to review COVID situation at high-level meeting today
Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to chair on Thursday afternoon a high-level meeting to review the COVID-19 situation and its related aspects in the county.In the last six months, India…
- India
3 cases of Omicron variant driving China’s COVID surge, detected in India
New Delhi: Three cases of Omicron subvariant BF.7, apparently the strain driving China’s current surge of Covid cases, have been detected in India so far, official sources said Wednesday. The first case of…
- India
Covid-19: Omicron’s XBB variant emerges as dominant in India, TN tops
Chennai: The XBB subvariant of Covid-19’s Omicron variant is fast emerging as the dominant in India, with nine states reporting cases of it and Tamil Nadu topping the number. International research organisation…
- India
Omicron BF.7 threat: Experts urge people to follow Covid protocol
Bengaluru: In the wake of detection of BF.7 Omicron sub-variant in different parts of India, experts have called for diligent following of Covid-19 protocols in Karnataka, said Navodaya Gilla, Consultant — Internal…
- World
New ‘highly infectious’ Covid variants emerge in China
Beijing: As China imposes fresh lockdowns and travel restrictions amid Covid surge, the country has detected new Omicron sub-variants BF.7 and BA.5.1.7, which are highly infectious with greater transmissibility. BF.7 (also known…
- World
COVID-19: New sub-variant of Omicron detected in South Africa
Johannesburg: The National Health Department of South Africa has confirmed the detection of a new sub-variant of Covid-19 Omicron called BA.2.75 but said that the new sub-variant has not had any impact…
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COVID-19 infection risk in Germany remains high despite falling cases
Berlin: The number of daily COVID-19 infections in Germany continues to fall, but the infection risk remains high, the country’s Robert Koch Institute (RKI) for infectious diseases said. This week, 46,724 new…
