Omicron variant

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,…

New Delhi : There is no science behind night curfews when it comes to tackling the spread of Covid variants, WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan has stressed.In a TV media interview, she said that countries like India must formulate…

New York : In an alarming sign, Covid hospitalisations for children jumped 58 per cent across the US in the past week, according to the latest data by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).The US is averaging 260…

New Delhi : Homegrown Emcure Pharmaceuticals Ltd on Friday announced that it has received Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) approval for the launch of Molnupiravir, an investigational oral anti-viral drug, for the treatment of mild…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Geneva : The overall risk associated with the Omicron variant remains 'very high' which could cause widespread disruption to health systems and other critical services, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned.In its weekly…