Omicron

The Omicron wave is breaking, but deaths have surpassed those from the Delta wave in the United States, The Seattle Times has reported. Since November 24 last year, when South Africa first reported the Omicron variant to the World Health…
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A group of 3,000 volunteers in the UK will be among the first in the world to receive a new COVID-19 vaccine that targets the omicron variant, Sky News reported. Almost 30 hospitals across the UK are expected to take part in the tests,…
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Early animal studies conducted by scientists across the world have found that Omicron-specific boosters of coronavirus vaccine do no better job than the previously available ones in preventing the infection. The Omicron variant of Covid-19,…
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South Korea will no longer use GPS monitoring to enforce quarantines and will also end daily checkup calls to low-risk coronavirus patients as a fast-developing Omicron surge overwhelms health and government workers. The speed of…
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In the Omicron-driven third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in India, a comparatively younger population was more infected, a survey by the Indian Council of Medical Research into hospital data has revealed. The data has been sourced from…
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The Omicron variant of coronavirus wreaked havoc across the world. The heavily mutated strain, after being discovered in November, rapidly spread across the globe, increasing hospitalisations and pushing the already stretched healthcare…
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As the world stands vexed over whether an Omicron-specific vaccine for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) is needed, several public health professionals and infectious diseases experts interviewed by Nature magazine have presented different…
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Individuals infected with Omicron have a significant immune response which could neutralize not only Omicron but also other variants of concern, including the most prevalent Delta variant, an Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) study…
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The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is highly contagious and transmissible and now, according to a new study, the Omicron variant can survive up to eight days on plastic and 21 hours on the skin - a much longer time than other variants of…
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World health officials are offering hope that the ebbing of the omicron wave could give way to a new, more manageable phase of the Covid-19 pandemic, even as they warn of difficult weeks ahead and the possibility of another, more dangerous…
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