Omicron may cut future severity, protect against Delta: S.African study
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) A new research on Omicron-infected patients suggests that the current Covid wave, driven by the new strain, appears to cause less...
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Omicron causing hospitalisations, deaths worldwide: WHO
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New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) In a fresh warning, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that Omicron variant of the coronavirus is causing hospitalisations and...
Covid now comparable to flu, may turn endemic post Omicron: UK professor
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London, Jan 11 (IANS) The UK may be on the brink of beating the Covid-19 pandemic, with daily deaths currently running at less than half the...
Cyprus detects new ‘Deltacron’ Covid variant
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New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Cyprus has detected a new variant dubbed as “Deltacron”, that has a similar genetic background to the Delta variant, coupled with...
Omicron may cause up to 75,000 deaths by April end in UK
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London, Dec 12 (IANS) UK scientists have warned that the number of deaths from the Omicron variant by the end of April could range from 25,000...
Why this new Covid variant ‘OMICRON’ is more lethal that Delta
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New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) As the world reopens after 18-20 months of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns, a new variant of the coronavirus — called...
WHO marks new covid strain as ‘OMICRON”, variant of concern
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New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) The World Health Organisation (WHO) has classified the new Covid variant detected in southern Africa this week as the ‘Variant...