Omicron variant

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu health department is on a high alert after a family of seven, who arrived from Nigeria with Covid-19, is under observation at the King Institute of Preventive medicine here.A slight increase in Covid-19 cases has…

New York : Vaccines developed by US drugmakers Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson and Johnson against Covid-19 have proved to be less effective against the new super mutant Omicron variant that has now spread to 77 countries.The Omicron variant,…

Beijing : About four in 10 Covid cases are asymptomatic, making them potential sources of increased transmission of the infectious disease, according to a study.The study led by researchers at Peking University in China evaluated the…

Hyderabad : Telangana on Wednesday reported the first case of Omicron with two air passengers from Kenya and Somalia testing positive for the new variant of Covid-19.Both the cases were detected among air passengers from non-risk countries.…

New Delhi : The Omicron variant is spreading at an unprecedented rate, the World Health Organization has said.WHO Director General Tedros A. Ghebreyesus said that a total of 77 countries have reported Omicron cases so far but the reality is…

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Washington : The newest Omicron variant is likely to become a dominant Covid-19 variant in the US, said top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci."Omicron is going to be a challenge because it spreads very rapidly, and the vaccines…

New Delhi: The Centre on Tuesday made it mandatory for international passengers arriving in India to pre-book RT-PCR test.The international passengers arriving at six major Indian airports would be required to pre-book their tests."The 'Air…

London : The hyper mutated Omicron Covid variant, known to evade vaccine efficacy, cannot be deterred with two doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 shots, scientists at Oxford University have found.The yet to be…

Seoul : British-Swedish pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on Tuesday said that Samsung Biologics, the biotech arm of Samsung Group, will manufacture its antibody combination against Covid-19.Under an agreement valued at approximately $380…