Coronavirus Omicron variant

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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Beijing: Even as the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that the Omicron variant reduces vaccine efficacy and spreads faster, an early study from China suggests that people previously infected with Covid-19 and those vaccinated,…
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New York: Intranasal vaccination provides broad-based protection against respiratory viruses in mice, finds a study pointing that these may also be effective against the new Omicron variant. The emergence of Covid-19 variants such as…
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