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Hospital admissions from Omicron may exceed 2nd wave in UK: Study
London : The UK National Health Service can avoid becoming overwhelmed only if the Omicron variant turns out to be five to 10 times milder than Delta, according to new modelling.But if Omicron turns out to be just half as severe as Delta,…
Omicron doesn’t cause as much damage to the lungs
New Delhi : Omicron is less severe than the previous Covid-19 variants because it does not cause as much damage in the lungs, a spate of studies have suggested.A study by a consortium of US and Japanese scientists on hamsters and mice found…
Omicron surge ‘unlike anything we’ve ever seen’: US-based expert
New York : As Covid-19 cases, fuelled by the fast-moving Omicron variant, swamp hospitals across the globe, a US-based doctor said that the surge is "unlike anything we have ever seen"."It's unlike anything we have ever seen, even at the…
Cancer deaths rose to 10 mn worldwide in 2019: Study
New York : Cancer deaths rose to 10 million and new cases jumped to over 23 million globally in 2019, says a new study.The study indicated that at the start of the decade in 2010, total cancer deaths numbered 8.29 million worldwide and new…
Omicron wave may have peaked, says South Africa
Johannesburg/New Delhi : In some comforting news amid Omicron spread globally, South Africa may have passed the peak of Covid-19 infections and the country has lifted overnight curfew rules, the media reported on Friday.The Omicron variant,…
Omicron nothing more than ‘seasonal cold virus’: US-based doctor
New York : The fast-spreading Omicron variant is "nothing more than a seasonal cold virus" and there is little we can do to stop this virus from infecting people, claims a US-based doctor.Afshine Emrani, MD, who holds a Fellowship in the…
Omicron ‘not same disease’ as earlier Covid waves : UK scientist
London : The fast-spreading Omicron variant is "not the same disease we were seeing a year ago" and high Covid death rates in the UK are "now history", according to John Bell, regius professor of medicine at the Oxford University.Bell, who…
India’s Omicron tally rises to 961, Delhi tops with 263 cases
New Delhi : With 180 new cases of highly transmissible Covid variant Omicron detected in the last 24 hours, India's Omicron tally on Thursday rose to 961. Of these, 320 have been discharged after recovery.The national capital has the…
Omicron has faster onset, fewer symptoms when re-infected : US Centers for Disease Control
Washington : The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has investigated a cluster of Omicron infections in Nebraska state and found that the variant causes faster onset of infection symptoms. But, people who get reinfected with the…
Covid severely increases levels of oxidative stress, damage
New York : US researchers have found that people hospitalised with Covid-19 infection have significantly raised levels of oxidative stress, oxidant damage and markedly reduced levels of glutathione - the most abundant physiological…