Omicron Variant
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COVID-19 emergency -- deaths, hospitalisations, lockdown could be over this year: WHO
World | Jan 19, 2022, 07:48 AM IST“We have a chance to end the public health emergency this year if we do the things that we've been talking about," a WHO official has said.
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White House soft-launches COVID test request website
World | Jan 19, 2022, 07:37 AM ISTWhite House press secy Jen Psaki said the website was in “beta testing” and operating at a “limited capacity” ahead of its official launch.
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Omicron variant Updates: Delhi logs 13,785 fresh cases, 35 deaths, positivity rate at 23.8%
India | Jan 20, 2022, 12:03 AM ISTICMR Head of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases Dr Samiran Panda said that Omicron variant of coronavirus is gradually replacing Delta variant in many states across India.
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Can a person be infected with Omicron twice? Here's what experts have to say
India | Jan 19, 2022, 04:44 PM ISTAn individual's immunity which has been primed by prior infection or vaccination has the memory of the parent virus. But because Omicron is a deviant, meaning it has deviated quite a lot from its parent Covid strain, it has many dissimilarities.
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Third wave of Covid 19 may take 'maximum of three weeks' to peak: Report
India | Jan 18, 2022, 05:25 PM ISTThe rural caseload is led by Andhra, Bihar, Himachal, Jammu & Kashmir, Odisha and Rajasthan, and rural vaccination is lower in Arunachal, Gujarat, Haryana and Karnataka.
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Vaping increases frequency of Covid symptoms, claims study
Health | Jan 18, 2022, 09:27 AM ISTOmicron Scare: People who vape and also smoked tobacco, and tested positive for Covid, complained of laboured breathing and had more frequent emergency department visits than those who did not vape.
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Omicron variant Updates: COVID-19 health emergency could be over this year, says WHO
India | Jan 18, 2022, 11:32 PM ISTMaharashtra has so far recorded the maximum of 1,738 cases of the Omicron variant, followed by West Bengal 1,672, Rajasthan 1,276, Delhi 549, Karnataka 548 and Kerala 536 cases.
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Covid Vaccination for 12-14 age group likely from March, says top govt expert
India | Jan 17, 2022, 09:39 PM ISTOnce the 15-18 age group is covered, he said, the government is likely to take a policy decision for initiating the vaccination drive for the 12-14 age group in March, he said. According to him, there is an estimated 7.5 crore population in the 12-14 age group.
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India's first homegrown mRNA vaccine to be tested amid Omicron spike: Official sources
India | Jan 17, 2022, 02:43 PM ISTmRNA vaccines belong to the category of nucleic acid vaccines, which use genetic material from disease-causing virus or pathogen to trigger an immune response against it within the body.
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Google doodle stresses on importance of masks, vaccination amid Omicron threat
Trending | Jan 17, 2022, 01:00 PM ISTGoogle doodle stressed on the importance of wearing masks and getting vaccinated in the fight against the virus threat and emerging cases on Omicron variant. On Sunday, India completed one year of administering COVID-19 vaccines.
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Omicron variant Updates: Maharashtra detects 122 new cases, fresh covid cases drop to 31,111
India | Jan 17, 2022, 11:58 PM ISTA total of 275 doctors and paramedics of various hospitals in Kashmir have tested positive for COVID-19 since January 1 this year, officials said on Sunday.
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Omicron just a 'deviant', two pandemics might be going on side by side: Top virologist
India | Jan 16, 2022, 11:45 PM ISTSpeaking on how the pandemic can now be expected to progress, the virologist pointed out that Omicron is not "fathered, or mothered, by Wuhan-D614G, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Kappa or Mu and That much is for sure".
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Omicron Scare: Does booster dose really neutralizes COVID-19's new variant?
Health | Jan 16, 2022, 07:25 PM ISTIn South Africa, the Omicron variant replaced the other viruses within a few weeks and led to a sharp increase in the number of cases diagnosed. Analyses in various countries indicate that the doubling time for cases is approximately 2 to 4 days. Omicron has been detected in dozens of countries, including France, and became dominant by the end of 2021.
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COVID-19: Telangana govt extends holidays for educational institutions till Jan 30
India | Jan 16, 2022, 01:18 PM ISTTelangana on Saturday reported 1,963 new COVID-19 cases taking the cumulative tally to 7,07,162
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How Omicron changed Covid symptoms: Loss of taste, smell less likely to affect Covid-positive people
Health | Jan 16, 2022, 09:28 AM ISTOther hallmarks of the coronavirus such as a runny nose, fever and cough are still just as likely to be experienced by sufferers of the new variant. But the loss of taste and smell is now much less likely to affect Covid-positive people, claims reports.
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Coronavirus pandemic Updates: 2.71 lakh new cases reported in last 24 hrs; positivity rate at 16.28%
India | Jan 16, 2022, 10:43 AM ISTThe total active cases of COVID in India have rose to 15,50,377 health ministry data showed today.
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Delta still dominant strain of COVID-19, says Maharashtra health official amid Omicron scare
India | Jan 16, 2022, 07:36 AM ISTDr Pradeep Vyas, additional chief secretary of the health department, in a letter written to his colleagues on Wednesday said that the Delta variant was found in 68 per cent samples, out of the over 4,200 analysed, while the remaining 32 per cent patients were found infected with the Omicron strain.
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Omicron twice as contagious as delta; expect more worrisome variants: Scientists warn
World | Jan 16, 2022, 07:16 AM ISTThe World Health Organization reported a record 15 million new COVID-19 cases for the week of January 3-9, a 55 per cent increase from the previous week.
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Maharashtra: 81 Mumbai, 31 Pune Police personnel test COVID positive in last 24 hrs
India | Jan 16, 2022, 07:26 AM ISTA total of 126 personnel have died so far from the infection, said the Mumbai police.
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Omicron variant: International arrivals from UAE need not undergo 7-day home quarantine, RTPCR
India | Jan 17, 2022, 06:56 AM ISTA study suggests, more than 60 per cent of the people infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in the national capital did not have any travel history or contact with international travellers.