Omicron variant

Addis Ababa : In a ray of fresh hope as the world grapples with the surge in Covid infections, a new South African study, which is yet to be peer-reviewed, has claimed that the Omicron variant is even less severe for the…

Kampala: Uganda is set to destroy more than 400,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines after they expired before being administered, a senior official said.Sheila Nduhukire, spokesperson of the National Medical Store, a state-run agency, told…

Jammu : Alarmed by the unprecedented increase in Covid-19 positive cases, authorities on Saturday ordered restriction on all non-essential movement in Jammu & Kashmir on weekends.An order issued by the chairman, Disaster Management…

Washington : Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 323.1 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.52 million and vaccinations to over 9.58 billion, according to Johns Hopkins…

London : Women who have Covid-19 towards the end of their pregnancy are vulnerable to birth-related complications, according to a study.They are more likely to have complications than those who get Covid-19 in the earlier stages of…

Geneva : A World Health Organization (WHO) panel on Friday strongly recommended baricitinib, a drug used for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, for patients with severe or critical Covid-19 in combination with corticosteroids.The…

London : A third dose of AstraZeneca's Covid vaccine, named Covishield in India, increases antibody response to the new vaccine-evading Omicron variant, according to a new trial published by the British-Swedish drugmaker on Thursday.The…

New Delhi : Since the beginning of vaccination drive for children aged between 15 and 18 years on January 3, over 3 crore teens of this age bracket have been vaccinated with the first dose so far.According to the CoWIN portal, as of now…

New York : US researchers have found that cannabis compounds have the ability to prevent the virus that causes Covid-19 from entering human cells.A team from Oregon State University identified Hemp, known scientifically as Cannabis sativa,…

Geneva : The Omcircon variant of Covid is driving a huge spike in Covid infections across countries but the death rate is stable, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said.Last week, more than 15…