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  COVID pandemic: India logs over 1.07 lakh new cases with positivity rate at 7.42%; 865 deaths

  India | February 06, 2022 9:55 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 12,25,011 the health ministry data showed today.

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  COVID19: New antibody by Chinese researchers may neutralise Omicron

  Health | February 06, 2022 8:54 IST

  The bispecific antibodies can also neutralise earlier strains including Delta, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (a distant deadly relative of the current strain that emerged but disappeared quickly in 2003) and even some coronaviruses carried by bats, the report said.

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  Omicron variant: Mumbai Covid cases dip as city records 536 fresh infections, 82% asymptomatic

  India | February 06, 2022 23:52 IST

  On Friday, the national capital had reported 2,272 fresh COVID-19 cases and 20 deaths, while the positivity rate was at 3.85 per cent.

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  COVID-19: India logs over 1.27 lakh new cases with positivity rate at 7.98%; 1,059 deaths

  India | February 05, 2022 9:56 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 13,31,648 the health ministry data showed today.

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  Omicron variant Updates: Schools, colleges to reopen in Uttar Pradesh from February 7

  India | February 06, 2022 0:07 IST

  The educational institutions were closed in wake of coronavirus pandemic in the state.

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  Triple vaccinated can fight Omicron variant efficiently: Study

  World | February 04, 2022 17:02 IST

  The researchers from Technical University of Munich (TUM) in Germany found that a total of three exposures to the viral spike protein lead to production of virus neutralising antibodies that are high in quantity as well as quality. 

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  COVID pandemic: India logs over 1.49 lakh new cases with positivity rate at 9.27%; 1,072 deaths

  India | February 04, 2022 9:36 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 14,35,569 the health ministry data showed.

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  Omicron variant: Odisha Govt announces reopening of educational institutions from Feb 7

  India | February 06, 2022 23:51 IST

  Odisha govt has also allowed the institutions to open their hostels with COVID protocols issued by govt. Mohapatra further stated in the ongoing academic session students will have option to choose between physical classes, online classes and hybrid mode of education.

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  Omicron variant Updates: Gujarat govt extends night curfew till Feb 11

  India | February 06, 2022 23:53 IST

  India surpassed the one-crore mark in the number of cases on December 19, 2020. India crossed the grim milestone of two crore on May 4 and three crore on June 23 last year.

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  How Omicron escapes from antibodies

  Health | February 02, 2022 14:11 IST

  The researchers compared the Omicron variant to the original SARS-CoV-2 virus, as well as the Beta and Delta variants. The Beta and Delta variants have mutations that help them evade class 1 and 2 antibodies, but not class 3 and 4. Omicron, on the other hand, has mutations that affect the binding of all four classes of antibodies.

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  Omicron subvariant BA.2 detected in 57 countries, could be more infectious, severe: WHO

  World | February 02, 2022 11:35 IST

  A subvariant of highly contagious Omicron, which some studies indicate could be even more infectious than original version, has been detected so far in 57 countries, WHO added.

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  WHO recommends countries ease COVID measures 'in steady, slow way'

  World | February 02, 2022 9:46 IST

  WHO Director General Tedros reiterated his concern over the narrative taking hold in some countries that "because of vaccines, and because of Omicron's high transmissibility and lower severity, preventing transmission is no longer possible and no longer necessary."

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  COVID pandemic: India logs over 1.61 lakh new cases with positivity rate at 9.26%; 1,733 deaths

  India | February 02, 2022 9:28 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 16,21,603 the health ministry data showed today.

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  COVID19: SARS-CoV-2 can mutate in HIV patients, claims study

  Health | February 02, 2022 9:04 IST

  The study demonstrated that Covid-19 may mutate rapidly in those whose immune system is weakened by HIV infection. It has already been observed that Covid-19 can linger for many months in patients who are HIV positive but who have, for varying reasons, not been taking the medicines that would enable them to lead healthy lives.  

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  United States: Omicron accounts for 99.9% of new weekly COVID cases

  World | February 02, 2022 8:35 IST

  The Delta variant, which spiked last summer, only made up the remaining 0.1 per cent in the week ending Jan 29, Xinhua news agency reported.

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  Omicron variant Updates: India saved around 1 lakh lives during third wave of Covid 19, says report

  India | February 02, 2022 23:54 IST

  Nagaland Health minister S Pangnyu Phom confirmed the detection of 54 cases of Omicron in the state. The minister assured that all possible measures were in place to monitor the situation.

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  COVID19: Pregnant women faced more depression and anxiety during pandemic, claims study

  Health | February 01, 2022 14:54 IST

  Importantly, the research also revealed the positive effect that social support plays in protecting expecting mothers' mental health. The authors found women who considered the impact of COVID-19 to be more negative showed higher levels of anxiety. Crucially though, help from partners, family and friends, and the NHS acted as a protective factor and was associated with fewer negative symptoms. 

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  COVID19: BA.2 Omicron subvariant more contagious, evades vaccine protection, claims study

  Health | February 01, 2022 14:19 IST

  According to the World Health Organisation, the probability of spreading within a household was 39 per cent for BA.2 versus 29 per cent for BA.1, the original Omicron strain. 

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  Omicron cleared from body in about a week but infected individuals can spread it within hours

  Health | February 01, 2022 14:41 IST

  So far Omicron has spread to more than 120 countries, outpacing the previous Delta variant to become the dominant one. While it has surged infections in many countries, the infections are generally touted as mild, leading to less hospitalisation as well as deaths compared to Delta.

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  COVID pandemic: India logs over 1.67 lakh new cases with positivity rate at 11.69%; 1,192 deaths

  India | February 01, 2022 9:27 IST

  The total active cases of COVID in India have declined to 17,43,059 the health ministry data showed today.