Omicron COVID

Prior studies have estimated that at least 25% and possibly as many as 80% of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 may not experience symptoms. "Our study findings add to evidence that…

South African scientists have detected two new sublineages of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. According to Tulio de Oliveira, Director of the Centre for…

Kluge sought to put an emphasis on improving vaccination rates, which have lagged in Eastern Europe compared to the rest of the region. The head of the World Health Organisation’s Europe…

By PTI BOSTON: The "milder" outcomes of infection from the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 are likely due to more population immunity rather than the virus' properties,…

While the BA.2 appears to have a higher transmissibility than previous sub-variants, there is no data that could suggest it causes severe disease. The BA.2 sub-variant of the coronavirus’…

The omicron variant spreads even more easily than other coronavirus strains, and has already become dominant in many countries. The number of new coronavirus infections in the last week…

The study reports that the variant was detected in November among 12 people in southeastern France, the first of whom had returned from Cameroon. Even as the world struggles to come to…

Top officials with the UN health agency cautioned that it’s still too early to be reassured by initial data suggesting that omicron leads to milder disease. The head of the World Health…

As many as 51,843 COVID-19 samples were examined in Mumbai on Wednesday, taking the overall number of tests to 1,35,76,453, the BMC said. Mumbai on Wednesday reported 2,510 COVID-19 cases,…

The bulletin said 1,098 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours, taking the tally of those recovered so far to 65,04,831. Maharashtra on Tuesday reported 2,172 fresh coronavirus…