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Omicron variant
When COVID-19 Infection is Most Likely to Spread?
The results indicate that most symptomatic individuals are not infectious before symptom onset. Also, two-thirds of cases remain infectious five days later.
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New COVID-19 Omicron Sub-variant ‘BA.2.75’ Detected In India
On the emergence of the potential Omicron sub-variant BA.2.75, WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan said in a video posted on Twitter that there has been an emergence of a sub-variant…
Omicron less likely to cause Long COVID than Delta variant: Lancet study
The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is less likely to cause long COVID than the Delta strain, according to a study published in The Lancet journal. Long COVID is defined as having…
Long COVID risk less with Omicron than Delta variant, UK study finds
The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is less likely to cause long COVID risk than the Delta variant, new research in the UK has found.
Analysis by researchers from King’s College London of data…
Children may be More Susceptible to New Variants of Omicron?
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines MIS-C as a condition where different body parts can become inflamed, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin,…
COVID-19 in Children may Cause Croup Infection
Evidence suggests that other viruses like influenza viruses, enteroviruses, adenoviruses, and the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can also precipitate…
Covid-19: Cases of B.A. sub-lineage of Omicron found in Maharashtra for first time
For the first time, four patients of B.A. 4 variant and three cases of B.A. 5 variants of the Omicron sub-lineage of coronavirus have been found in Maharashtra, an official of the state…
UK’s COVID alert level reduced as Omicron sub-types monitored
The UK’s coronavirus alert level has been reduced from four to three as COVID-19 cases continue to fall, even as two rare types of the Omicron variant sub-types have been reclassified as…
Omicron may be as severe as previous COVID variants, study finds
Omicron may be intrinsically as severe as previous coronavirus variants, according to a US study which contradicts assumptions that the strain was more transmissible but less severe.
The…