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Johannesburg: The increased transmissibility of the Omicron variant from person to person has been shown, resulting in increased incidence and an increase in the positive sample rate, said South Africa's Ministry of Health in a joint…

Jammu: Two of the three Omicron variant patients detected in J&K's Jammu city have no foreign travel history, doctors said on Wednesday.Government Medical College, Jammu, Principal Dr Shashi Sudhan Sharma said till now, three cases of…

Toronto : Even as the newly reported Omicron variant is poised to replace Delta as the dominant variant across the world, a study led by an Indian-origin researcher shows that many mutations in the variant allow it to bond with human cells…

New Delhi: The Centre is planning to identify and train at least one 'Oxygen Steward' in each district across the country amid rising Omicron scare.The initiative aims to empower all healthcare workers engaged in Oxygen management and…

Brussels : Omicron will dominate European countries within weeks, pushing an already stretched health system further to the brink, said head of the European office of the World Health Organization (WHO) while urging people to get a booster…

Sydney : Australian researchers have developed a test which can provide highly accurate readings for Covid-19 from a finger prick of blood within 20 minutes.The point-of-care (POC) test, created by scientists from the Burnet Institute and…

New Delhi: India registered 6,317 fresh Covid cases and 318 deaths in the last 24 hours, and the Omicron tally has reached 213, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday.With the addition of 318 new deaths, the death…

San Francisco: The world's biggest consumer electronics show 'CES 2022' appears to be falling apart as some of the major tech companies like Amazon, Meta, Twitter, Pinterest and T-Mobile have announced not to attend the event in-person,…

Rome : The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has added a fifth vaccine to its anti-Covid arsenal as the Omicron variant continued to spread across Europe."EMA has recommended granting a conditional marketing authorisation for Novavax's…

New Delhi : New Covid variant Omicron is three times more transmissible that the Delta variant, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday."Based on current scientific evidence, the Variant of Concern Omicron is at least 3 times more…