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Booster dose neutralizes COVID-19 Omicron variant: Study
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): An international team of researchers recently studied the sensitivity of Omicron to antibodies compared with the currently dominant Delta variant.
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Delta variant major cause for COVID in children during second wave: ICMR s
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): The Delta variant was the major cause of coronavirus infection in children's COVID-19 cases during the second wave in India, according to an Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) study.
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Omicron is more infectious than Delta variant, says Medanta Hospital senio
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): Senior Surgeon of Medanta Hospital Dr Arvind Kumar on Thursday said that the data shows that the COVID-19 variant Omicron is more infectious than the Delta variant. However, it is milder as compared to it.
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Study finds COVID-19 Omicron variant neutralized by booster dose
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 10 (ANI): The new COVID-19 Omicron variant is more transmissible than the Delta variant. However, its biological characteristics are still relatively unknown.
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New coronavirus variant 'Deltacron' emerges in Cyprus
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], January 9 (ANI): A new coronavirus variant Deltacron has emerged in Cyprus which has a similar genetic background to the Delta variant, as well as some of the mutations from Omicron, and experts say that it is not something to be worried about at the moment, a media repo
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India will have Omicron wave peak by next month, says US-based health expe
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 8 (ANI): India will witness a peak in the number of COVID-19 cases by next month with the expectation of reporting five lakh cases per day, a US-based health expert said, adding that however "the severity of the variant will be less this time in the country than D
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Rising cases suggest third wave of COVID-19 has begun, Omicron will become
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI): The rise in COVID-19 cases suggests that India is at the beginning of the third wave of coronavirus, a Delhi-based senior physician said on Tuesday and noted that the Omicron variant would become the dominant strain "which is not necessarily a bad thing" a
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We have to learn to live with COVID-19, India better prepared to deal with
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 31 (ANI): Noting that people will have to learn to live with COVID-19 due to the possibility of the emergence of new virus variants, India's leading virologist Dr Gagandeep Kang has said that the country is better prepared to deal with coronavirus amid a rise in cas
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Surge in COVID-19 cases in India as Omicron started replacing Delta varian
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 31 (ANI): With the Union Health Ministry noting a surge in COVID-19 cases across the country, official sources have said that the reason behind the spike is the Omicron variant which has started replacing its predecessor Delta in India and the world.
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New Zealand reports 49 new community cases of COVID-19 Delta variant
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Wellington [New Zealand], December 31 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand reported 49 new Delta variant cases of COVID-19 in the community on Friday, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country's current community outbreak to 10,825.
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Omicron will spread like fire globally, produces protection against Delta:
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 30 (ANI): A top health expert has linked rising COVID-19 cases in India with the Omicron variant and said it will spread like a fire globally but would produce some protection even against the Delta variant.
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Omicron nothing but a 'seasonal cold virus'; overreaction causing panic, c
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 29 (ANI): Terming Omicron variant as nothing more than a "seasonal cold virus", a US-based cardiologist has warned against "overreaction and over-reach" by government agencies, saying their actions are causing panic and providing misinformation.
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