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Rather than Omicron, immunocompromised, comorbidities, age causing ICU adm
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 26 (ANI): Although COVID-19 cases are showing a downward trend in the big cities, the ICU admissions and deaths are being driven by patients with comorbidities, people who are immunocompromised, and the aged.
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Omicron generated antibodies effective against all variants of concern in
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 26 (ANI): The latest study conducted by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) shows that antibodies generated by Omicron, a COVID-19 strain, are not only effective against it but also other variants of concern (VOCs) including Delta.
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COVID-19: Gujarat reports 16,608 new cases, 28 deaths in last 24 hrs
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], January 25 (ANI): Gujarat reported 16,608 new COVID-19 cases and 28 deaths in the last 24 hours.
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Since majority population living in villages, India yet to see peak in COV
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): With India reporting 2,55,874 new COVID cases (50,190 less than yesterday), and 614 deaths in the last 24 hours, health experts cautioned that since most of the population lives in rural India, the country is yet to see the peak in the current wave.
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Researchers find explanation for Omicron variant causing less severe disea
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Frankfurt [Germany], January 25 (ANI): The Omicron variant replaced the Delta variant as the dominant COVID-19 variant in the world, starting from late 2021 to early 2022. But, the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant caused less severe disease than Delta, although it was better at escaping immune pro
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Hollywood COVID protocols extended to February 13
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 25 (ANI): With the surge of the Omicron variant, Hollywood's COVID safety protocols have been extended to February 13, 2022.
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Tom Ford's New York Fashion Week show scrapped amid Omicron surge
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 25 (ANI): Fashion designer Tom Ford has cancelled his Fall 2020 runway show at the New York Fashion Week amid the surge in COVID-19 cases spurred by the Omicron variant.
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India reports 2,55,874 new COVID cases, daily positivity rate dips to 15.5
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India] January 25 (ANI): India on Tuesday reported 2,55,874 new COVID cases recorded in the last 24 hours, 50,190 less than yesterday, taking the daily positivity rate down to 15.52 per cent, the Union Health Ministry informed.
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Beijing Winter Olympic teams register 1st case of COVID-19
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Beijing [China], January 24 (ANI): Beijing Winter Olympics reported the first case of COVID-19 among national team members that entered China on Sunday.
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Study finds newer variants of SARS-CoV-2 can infect mice, unlike original
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], January 24 (ANI): A team of biology researchers has found that some of the newer variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 can infect the respiratory tract of wild mice, unlike the original strain that emerged from China.
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Daily COVID-19 cases in India will start to decline after Feb 15, say govt
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 24 (ANI): Daily COVID-19 cases in India will start to decline after February 15, said official government sources on Monday.
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Pak reports over 7,000 cases for second straight day
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 24 (ANI): Pakistan's National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) reported more than 7,000 new COVID-19 cases for the second day in a row, as the Omicron strain rapidly spreads infections across the country.
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