Omicron variant

Varanasi : A team of researchers at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) have discovered that multiple genetic mutations could be responsible for the Covid-19 susceptibility in India.The team led by Professor Gyaneshwer Chaubey analysed the…

New Delhi : IANS India got a helping hand from Iran to transport humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan .As External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar had a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir Abdollahian, the…

London : The emergence of the highly transmissible Omicron variant could be "first ray of light" that in the future there may be a less severe coronavirus variant that is similar to the common cold, according to a UK scientist.According to…

London : An algorithm that can accurately predict the risk of developing severe complications due to Covid-19, including hospitalisation and death, has been developed by Dutch researchers.The algorithm can be applied to identify persons…

New Delhi : Cyprus has detected a new variant dubbed as "Deltacron", that has a similar genetic background to the Delta variant, coupled with 10 mutations from Omicron.The variant has already affected 25 people in Cyprus.According to Dr…

New York : Women vaccinated against Covid-19 transfer SARS-CoV-2 antibodies to their breastfed infants, potentially giving their babies passive immunity against the coronavirus, according to a new research that encourages lactating women to…

Paris : The Omicron Covid-19 variant may be 105 per cent more transmissible than Delta, according to a research by French scientists.The study, published on the medRxiv site and yet to be peer-reviewed, analysed 131,478 tests in France from…

New Delhi : With 552 fresh new Omicron cases detected in last 24 hrs, India's tally of this highly transmissible Covid-19 varaint has climbed to 3,623, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.Of the total, 1,409 people have recovered so…

London : Three doses of Covid vaccine can give high levels of protection against hospitalisation with the Omicron variant, according to a new study.Early evidence has shown that two-doses of Covid vaccines are less effective against the…

New Delhi : With India witnessing a super-surge in Omicron-triggered Covid cases, people across age groups are now rushing to hospitals and healthcare providers asking for a dose of the monoclonal antibody cocktail therapy popularised by…