Omicron
- Middle East
Israel reports new variant of COVID-19
Jerusalem: Israel’s Health Ministry has announced two cases of a previously unknown COVID-19 variant that are thought to be a combination of the Omicron BA.1 and BA.2 sub-variants. According to the Ministry,…
- India
India fared better than others in managing Omicron-driven Covid surge: Health ministry
New Delhi: Global Covid case surge due to the Omicron variant led to a peak six times the previous waves but India managed to control its spread causing lower hospitalisation and fewer…
- World
Omicron subvariant infections double each week in US
Washington: Cases of a highly transmissible Omicron subvariant were doubling in the US each week over the past month, according to the data updated on Tuesday by the country’s Centers for Disease…
- World
US scientists detect Omicron variant for first time in deer
Washington: Some white-tailed deer living in the US are actively infected with the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a study. The yet-to-be peer-reviewed study, posted recently…
- Business
India’s GDP growth slows to 5.4 pc; economy faces new geopolitical risks
New Delhi: India’s GDP growth slowed to 5.4 per cent in October-December 2021 before the full fury of the third wave of coronavirus infections struck the country and the economy faced fresh…
- India
Destinations Indians can travel to without an RT-PCR test
New Delhi: According to Agoda’s recent ‘India-genous Travel’ survey, 39 percent of Indians anticipate travelling internationally in 2022, while its Return to Travel survey found that their biggest concern to travel internationally…
- World
Reinfection with different Omicron sub-types possible: Study
Copenhagen: Reinfection with different sub-types of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 is possible, says a new study published by Denmark’s Statens Serum Institut (SSI). However, “this seems to occur relatively rarely in…
- World
Covid pandemic may end in 2022: WHO
Moscow: If there are no more major Covid outbreaks after Omicron, the pandemic may see an end in 2022, the World Health Organisation (WHO) Representative in Russia has said. However, it does…
- Science
Omicron subvariant BA.2 may cause severe disease, lab study suggests
Tokyo: The BA.2 subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant is not only faster at spreading, but may also cause more severe disease, a lab study suggests. The yet-to-be peer-reviewed findings, recently posted…
- Technology
Global DRAM memory market, prices down in Q4: Report
Seoul: Global dynamic random access memory (DRAM) shipments dropped nearly 6 per cent in the fourth quarter from three months earlier, a report showed on Friday, amid sluggish demand from manufacturers that…
- World
Vaccinated patients less likely to need critical care during Omicron surge
New York: Among those admitted during the omicron surge, vaccinated adults had less severe illness compared with unvaccinated adults and were less likely to land in intensive care, finds a new study.…
- Hyderabad
Telangana: Fever survey finds 5 lakh people with Covid symptoms
Hyderabad: Field level workers from multiple government departments have covered a remarkable 1 crore households, identified over 5 lakh individuals with Covid-like symptoms, and distributed isolation medicine kits in just two weeks…
- India
India adds over 1.27 lakh fresh Covid cases, more than 1K deaths
New Delhi: India on Saturday recorded 1,27,952 fresh coronavirus cases that took its infection tally to 4,20,80,664, while the number of active cases declined further to 13,31,648, according to Union health ministry…
- Health
Omicron sub-variant spreads more than original strain: Study
London: A sub-variant of the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus strain is even more infectious than the original version, according to a study conducted in Denmark. The researchers examined the transmission of Omicron…
- Health
COVID: How Omicron escapes from antibodies
New York: The dozens of mutations found in the spike protein of the Omicron variant help it to evade all four of the classes of antibodies that can target the SARS-CoV-2 virus…
