Coronavirus Omicron variant

Washington: Cases of a highly transmissible Omicron subvariant were doubling in the US each week over the past month, according to the data updated on Tuesday by the country's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The…
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Warsaw: Poland has reported 30,586 new Covid-19 infections, the highest number since the spring of last year. Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said during a press conference on Wednesday that nearly 20 per cent of new cases are of the…
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New Delhi: China continued to report rising cases of the highly transmissible Omicron Covid variant on Monday ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Reportedly, a group of infections in the northern city of Tianjin has been detected,…
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New Delhi: With 243 new cases of highly transmissible Covid variant Omicron detected in the last 24 hours, India's Omicron tally on Wednesday rose to 2,135 cases. Of these, 828 people have recovered from the new strain so far.…
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Bangkok: Thailand reported its first cluster of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in the northeastern Kalasin province, health officials has said. According to the Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), there are 22 confirmed…
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Washington: Omicron has taken the hold to become the dominant Covid-19 variant in the US as more people are travelling and gathering for holidays. The infection cases caused by Omicron amounted to 73.2 per cent of all infection cases in…
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Bhubaneswar: A youth, who had recently returned to Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district from Nigeria, has been tested positive for Covid-19. Reportedly after he was found to be positive with Covid-19, he has developed symptoms of Omicron…
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Bhubaneswar: The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is five times more transmissible than the Delta variant, said Odisha Public Health Director Niranjan Mishra. He has said that those who will be detected with the Omicron variant of Covid-19…
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New Delhi: Four new cases of the Omicron Covid-19 variant has been reported in Delhi, taking the total tally in the national capital to six, Health Minister Satyendra Jain announced on Tuesday. The six patients have been detected at the…
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New Delhi: Researchers at IIT Delhi's Kusuma School of Biological Sciences have developed an RT-PCR based assay for the specific detection of the Omicron (B.1.1.529.1) variant of SARS-CoV-2. The assay is based on detecting specific…
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