Tag: Omicron
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Singapore reports 1,017 new Covid cases
Singapore has reported 1,017 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the total tally to 2,195,980.
December 25, 2022 -
TN has no Omicron B7 variant: State health department
Tamil Nadu's health department has said that the state has maximum XBB variants of Omicron and till now no variant of BF 7, which is causing the new wave of Covid-19 in many countries, has been detected in the state.
December 25, 2022 -
No need to panic, no Omicron BF.7 variant case in Delhi: Kejriwal
Stating that at present XBB variant cases are detected in the city, Kejriwal said the Delhi government is doing genome sequencing.
December 22, 2022 -
Study provides insight into potential animal reservoir of SARS-CoV-2 omicron
The interactions between the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of coronavirus spike proteins and their host receptor are among the best systems for understanding coronavirus evolution.
October 19, 2022 -
Maharasthra Covid cases up; new Omicron subvariants BQ.1, XBB reported from state
The state has reported new Covid cases including the XBB, a new sub-variant of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which has been detected in parts of India, including Kerala.
October 18, 2022 -
Highly infectious new Omicron sub variant BF.7 detected in India
According to some reports, the first case of BF.7 has been detected by the Gujarat Biotechnology Research centre. This new Omicron variant is also considered to be highly infectious and has a greater transmissibility.
October 17, 2022 -
New Omicron sub-variant BA 2.75 detected in Delhi
A new sub-variant of the Covid strain Omicron has been detected in a study of genome sequencing in the capital city.
August 10, 2022 -
High-Risk Folks SHOULD NOT wait for Omicron-updated Jabs: Experts
Given the quickly changing scene of the pandemic worldwide, experts say that the best protection against high-risk individuals is the one at hand.
July 30, 2022 -
Covaxin booster shot enhances efficacy against Delta, Omicron variants of COVID-19: Study
The study by 'bioRxiv', an open-access preprint repository for the biological sciences, shared on Tuesday that its study shows that administration of Covaxin booster dose will enhance the vaccine effectiveness against the Delta variant infection and give protection against the Omicron variants BA.1.1 and BA.2.
June 15, 2022 -
Maha ‘conquers’ Omicron? No cases for past 60 days
Meanwhile, Covid-19 cases have resumed their upward trend, surpassing the 200-mark for the first time since mid-March this week.
May 7, 2022 -
Omicron not mild as thought, deadly as Delta, Alpha variants: Study
"Our analysis suggests that the intrinsic severity of the Omicron variant may be as severe as previous variants," the researchers claimed in the pre-print study, meaning not yet peer-reviewed.
May 6, 2022 -
Omicron ups risk of upper airway infections, cardiac arrest in small kids
A team of researchers from Universities of Colorado and Northwestern in the US, examined 18,849 children hospitalised with SARS-CoV-2.
April 18, 2022 -
2 new Omicron sublineages found in South Africa
The department said that it was expecting the fifth wave of the pandemic by the end of May.
April 14, 2022 -
Cases surge in Australian states amid Omicron new sub-variant concern
West Australia recorded 6,062 new cases on Wednesday, the first time for the state's daily cases to top 6,000.
March 16, 2022 -
Reinfection with different Omicron sub-types possible: Danish study
According to the study, PCR tests carried out on approximately two million Danes affected primarily by Omicron's sub-types BA.1 and BA.2 revealed that "67 cases in which the same individual had become infected twice at a 20-60-day interval where both infections were due to Omicron sub-types".
February 23, 2022 -
Odisha logs 20% drop in new COVID-19 cases, 18 deaths
A total of 12,65,843 patients have recovered from the disease so far, including 1,272 in the past 24 hours.
February 19, 2022 -
Omicron replaces Delta variant as Odisha’s COVID-19 infections on downward trajectory
The State’s share is 3.41% in the country’s confirmed virus caseload while the active cases are 0.86% of India’s total active cases.
February 11, 2022