Tag: Omicron
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Caution & optimism
The hope is that the continued spread of Omicron “will not disrupt society to the same degree as other variants of coronavirus have done over the past two years”. Kluge’s statement is a similar mix of caution and optimism.
January 26, 2022 -
Tom Ford’s New York Fashion Week show scrapped amid Omicron surge
As per The Hollywood Reporter, Ford was set to close out New York Fashion Week on February 16, which kicks off on February 11, but the designer announced recently that the company's staff has been heavily affected by COVID and will not be ready to hold the upcoming show.
January 25, 2022 -
Omicron can survive 8 days on plastic, 21 hours on skin: Study
The survival of Alpha (19.6 hours) and Beta (19.1 hours) was found to be similar.
January 25, 2022 -
Why Omicron variant is less severe than Delta
Now, a new study has shown that Omicron variant viruses are particularly sensitive to inhibition by the so-called interferon response, an unspecific immune response that is present in all body cells.
January 25, 2022 -
Omicron’s immune evasion behind rapid spread, say studies
The Omicron variant, first reported from South Africa and Botswana in late November, has now been detected in 171 countries so far.
January 23, 2022 -
Sputnik V shows strong protection against Omicron: Joint Italian-Russian study
The Sputnik V vaccine has demonstrated strong protection against Omicron variant, with over 2 times higher virus neutralising activity compared to the Pfizer vaccinea, ccording to a study conducted by the Spallanzani Institute in Italy in collaboration with Russian Direct Investment Fund. The Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology (Gamaleya Center) and the …
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January 20, 2022 -
Odisha logs highest single day surge in Omicron cases with 145 fresh cases
Of the 249 samples which were genome sequenced between January 9 and 16, as many as 145 were tested positive for the new variant.
January 19, 2022 -
Trial run of ‘OmiSure’ kits to diagnose Omicron variant begins in Odisha
The prevailing rate of infection is not alarming enough to enforce lockdown. Though the positivity rate is high in four to five districts, the infectivity is on a lower side in the remaining parts of the State, said Director of Health Services Bijay Mohapatra on Wednesday.
January 19, 2022 -
Omicron causing hospitalisations, deaths worldwide: WHO
"Omicron may be less severe, on average, but the narrative that it is a mild disease is misleading, hurts the overall response and costs more lives," he added.
January 19, 2022 -
Too soon to say Omicron will end pandemic: Fauci
Speaking at the Davos Agenda virtual event on Monday, Fauci said that "natural vaccination", or immunity via previous infection, might not be as effective as some believe, the Daily Mail reported.
January 18, 2022 -
Study finds evidence of community transmission of Omicron in Delhi
The study conducted by the Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, is based on epidemiological, clinical and genome sequence analysis of 264 cases since the day Omicron was designated as VoC by WHO.
January 15, 2022 -
Odisha’s Omicron caseload breaches 200-mark with 32 more cases
Earlier on Wednesday, the state had registered 67 new cases of Omicron, which was the highest single-day spike.
January 15, 2022 -
Need for caution
The highest number of fresh cases was reported in Malda (544), followed by Darjeeling (226) and North Dinajpur (181). According to the state’s health department, there are 5,648 “active patients” ~ 1891 in Malda, and 1324 in Darjeeling ~ in the area. While the numbers of Omicron patients are still unknown, because of the paucity of resources to send samples for genome sequencing, the rapid spread suggests the variant is raging.
January 13, 2022 -
Ten fresh omicron cases in J&K, administration seeks help of religious leaders to contain pandemic
The religious leaders assured the Divisional Commissioner of their support and cooperation during this difficult phase of pandemic like before to make efforts of the government successful.
January 13, 2022 -
Odisha logs 67 fresh Omicron cases, tally jumps to 170
The cases were detected from over 350 samples sent for genome sequencing. The new infectees included people with foreign travel history and local transmission cases, said an official of Institute of Life Science-Bhubaneswar.
January 12, 2022 -
India registers 1,94,720 fresh COVID-19 infections, 442 fatalities
As many as 69.52 crore total tests were conducted so far wherein a weekly positivity rate of 9.82 per cent was observed.
January 12, 2022 -
Endemic Virus
The report that 300 million cases have been surpassed comes in parallel to the prognosis of experts that it is time to stop focusing on case numbers. The virus is spreading; more and more people are being afflicted or are dying, and beyond a point, the numbers mean little in the overall construct. After all, there has been a remarkable decline in small and less affluent South Africa.
January 11, 2022