Covid variant Omicron

New Delhi: With 94 new Omicron cases detected in last 24 hours, the overall number of infections caused by the new highly-transmissible Covid-19 variant rose to 1,525 on Sunday, with Maharashtra and Delhi continuing to be the worst-hit,…
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Mumbai: A 52-year-old person, who tested positive for Omicron variant died of a heart attack in Maharashtra on Thursday. A 52-year-old chronic diabetic man, who had recently arrived from Nigeria, passed away following a heart attack, at…
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New Delhi: New Covid variant Omicron is three times more transmissible than the Delta variant, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. "Based on current scientific evidence, the Variant of Concern Omicron is at least 3 times more…
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New Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain said on Tuesday that of the 34 Omicron variant cases reported so far, three do not have any travel history. Of the total Omicron positive cases in the city's Lok Nayak Jai Prakash hospital,…
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London: The UK has reported more than 10,000 new Omicron coronavirus variant cases as the new variant-related death toll rose to seven. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) confirmed on Saturday that an additional 10,059 cases of the…
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Mumbai: Spelling fresh concerns, Maharashtra recorded 8 new cases of the Covid-19 variant Omicron, taking the state's tally to 40 now, health officials said here on Friday. The new cases - all males, fully vaccinated, in the age group of…
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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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Gandhinagar: Gujarat has now three Omicron cases after the reports of two relatives of the state's first Omicron patient came as positive, officials said on Friday. The health authorities had detected two of the Zimbabwe-returned man's…
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New-Delhi: The emergence of the new Omicron variant has once again stirred a sense of fear among people. The mutant of coronavirus that emerged from South Africa is believed to cause serious symptoms. GlaxoSmithKline plc, a…
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Geneva: Certain features of the Omicron variant, including its global spread and large number of mutations, suggest it could have a major impact on the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, said the chief of the World Health Organization (WHO).…
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