Omicron
- Health
Current booster shots effective against vaccine evading Omicron: Study
New York: Although Omicron sub-variants have evolved to evade antibody responses from the primary Covid vaccine series, a new laboratory study suggests existing booster doses may elicit sufficient immune protection against severe…
- India
Omicron sub-variant BA.2.75 not dangerous as ‘hyped’: Expert
New Delhi: The latest Omicron sub-variant BA.2.75, first detected in India in June, is not dangerous as “hyped” as it is not surging cases or death rates, according to global health experts.…
- India
COVID-19: New Omicron sub-variant found in India, says WHO
Geneva: A new sub-variant BA.2.75 of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has been detected in various countries including India, World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. Ghebreyesus said that the world…
- World
COVID-19 cases surpass 45,000 in Japan, doubling from last week
Tokyo: Newly confirmed COVID-19 cases in Japan nearly doubled compared to a week earlier to more than 45,000 on Wednesday, surpassing the 40,000 mark for the first time since May 18 amid…
- India
New Omicron sub-variants better at evading vax, antibody treatments
New York: The latest Omicron sub-variants — including the BA.4 and BA.5 forms causing new global surges in infections — are even better at eluding vaccines and most antibody treatments than previous…
- World
COVID cases on rise in 110 countries, driven by 2 Omicron sub-variants: WHO
United Nations: The COVID-19 pandemic is changing but it is not over, head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, cautioning that the cases are on the rise in 110 countries…
- Health
Omicron sub-variants may target lungs, evade vax and prior infection: Studies
London: The rising cases of Covid, in the UK, the US and some European countries, as well as in India, majorly driven by BA.2, BA.4, and BA.5 sub-variants of Omicron, suggest it…
- India
Omicron’s BA-5 sub-variant may be behind TN’s rising Covid cases: Govt
Chennai: The presence of Omicron’s BA-5 sub-variant may be the reason for the sudden spike in cases in Tamil Nadu, the state Public Health and Preventive Medicine Department, said in its data…
- World
WHO likely to okay use of Omicron-specific booster: Report
New Delhi: The World Health Organisation is likely to recommend an Omicron-specific booster dose, amid a fresh wave of infection due to the highly mutated Covid variant seen in several countries, including…
- World
Germany’s daily COVID-19 infections top 100,000 again
Berlin: Germany recorded more than 1,00,000 new Covid-19 infections within one day for the first time since April, media reported. Germany’s national seven-day rate per 100,000 inhabitants more than doubled during the…
- India
Omicron sub-variants behind rising Covid cases in India: Doctors
New Delhi: With India reporting a sudden rise in the number Covid-19 cases for a second day in a row, doctors said on Thursday that Omicron sub-variants are behind the spike in…
- World
New Omicron subvariant makes up 60% of new US COVID-19 cases
Los Angeles: A new Omicron subvariant made up nearly 60 per cent of all new US cases in the latest week, according to estimates released by the US Centers for Disease Control…
- India
BA.4, BA.5 are quite mild, behaving like other Omicron sub-variants: Expert
New Delhi: As India has been witnessing the subvariants of Omicron, Dr Tarun Kumar Sahni, Internal medicine and hyperbaric Oxygen therapist at Indraprastha Apollo hospital on Tuesday clarified that the BA.4 and…
- India
First cases of Omicron’s B.A. 4, B.A.5 sub-variants detected in Maharashtra
New Delhi: Maharashtra on Saturday reported its first Covid case of the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of Covid’s Omicron strain. The subvariants have been detected in at least 7 people from Pune.…
- Hyderabad
First case of BA.4 Omicron variant detected in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: India reported its first case of BA.4 Omicron variant in Hyderabad. The sample was collected on May 9 by the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), a group of genetic laboratories that…
