SARS-CoV-2

South Africa : A latest Omicron study from the epicentre in South Africa has revealed that there were fewer hospitalisations and less severe symptoms compared to previous Covid-19 waves in the country.South Africa's Gauteng Province the…

New York : Lateral flow tests may be less effective at detecting Omicron even when people are at their most infectious, a US real-world study has found.According to the Daily Mail, researchers at the US Covid Sports and Society Workgroup…

New Delhi: With 64 fresh Omicron infections being detected in last 24 hours, the national tally of this highly transmissible Covid-19 variant has mounted to 3,071, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday morning.Of the total, 1,203…

London : A fourth Covid jab is not yet needed, say UK experts, because booster doses continue to provide high protection against severe disease from the Omicron variant among older adults.UK Health Security Agency data show three months…

New Delhi : The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has said that there is no need for new registration for beneficiaries of precautionary Covid-19 vaccine dose."Those who have taken two doses of Covid-19 vaccine can directly take an…

New Delhi : Individuals who have recovered from Covid-19 are 3 to 5 times more likely to be reinfected with the Omicron variant compared to Delta, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).According to Hans Henri P Kluge, the WHO's…

New Delhi : Although studies claim Omicron to be mild, there is no plausible reason to think that the highly-transmissible variant will not cause long Covid conditions among survivors, experts said on Friday.According to the Centers for…

New Delhi : Social distancing measures to combat Covid 19 have weakened the immune systems of young children who have not been able to build up resistance to common bugs, leaving them vulnerable to infections during the winter season,…

Chandigarh : A total of 352 healthcare workers, including 152 doctors, have tested positive since December 20 in the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here despite most of them fully vaccinated, an official…

New Delhi : India on Friday revised the existing guidelines for all international arrivals in India in view of the rising Covid cases and the Omicron threat, to make seven days home quarantine mandatory.The new guidelines will be effective…