New variant of Omicron emerges in UK, Sweden? Here is what UK Health Security Agency says

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The strain which has for now been scientifically been identified as BA.2 is currently being probed but for now has not been designated as a variant of concern. In what appears to be an extremely worrying sign, the UK Health Security Agency has designated a sub-lineage of the extremely contagious and infectious Omicron variant and … Read more

How complacent attitude towards Omicron could cost you dearly

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Experts agree that sooner or later everybody will get exposed but later will be better as time progresses there will be better weapons including medicine, vaccine and other treatments to deal with the virus. Since early reports started coming indicating less severity of disease caused by the Omicron variant, a large population is under the … Read more

Both Omicron, Delta will co-circulate, Coronavirus is here to stay in future, opine experts

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Dr T Jacob John, former director of ICMR’s Centre of Advanced Research in Virology said that both the variants of Omicron and Delta will co-circulate in the time to come. Even as we are at a long distance from the end of the Covid-19 third wave, health experts have opined that the disease is going … Read more

Booster dose of Covaxin effective against Omicron variant, new study shows

The study found that a booster dose after six months gap from the second dose is effective in neutralising the both the Delta and Omicron variants of the disease Indigenous pharma company Bharat Biotech has claimed that a booster dose of its Coronavirus vaccine Covaxin is effective in warding off the Omicron variant of Coronavirus. … Read more

Omicron variant identified in 89 countries; has doubling time between 1.5-3 days in high community transmission areas: WHO

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“As of 16 December 2021, the Omicron variant has been identified in 89 countries across all six WHO regions. The Omicron variant has now been identified in 89 countries and is spreading significantly faster than the Delta variant in places where community transmission is high, with a doubling time between 1.5–3 days, the WHO has … Read more

WHO new report reveals Omicron’s spread, transmissibility, severity and re-infection, check details

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The WHO also clarified that even if the severity of the Omicro variant happens to be less than that of Delta variant, hospitalisation is likely to increase with a surge in Coronavirus cases. Amidst rising fear over the Omicron variant of Coronavirus, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a new report on the new … Read more

Omicron Covid Variant: Omicron’s ‘stealth’ version, GSK treatment to Dr Fauci’s claim – Top 10 updates on new Coronavirus variant

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Scientists have said that the origin of this stealth version of Omicron is still unclear. Omicron COVID Variant Symptoms, New Covid Variant Omicron: How deadly is the Omicron variant of novel coronavirus? Will it become a dominant strain in the coming months? Will it also spark another wave of infections similar to the Delta variant? … Read more

Omicron variant: Maha adopts harsher Covid guidelines, refuses centre’s directions to have uniform SOP

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In his letter to the Maharashtra additional chief secretary Dr Pradeep Kumar Vyas, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan had highlighted a few major guidelines which differed from the centre’s guidelines. Taking a more cautious approach towards the Omicron variant of Coronavirus than that taken by the centre, Maharashtra has issued a separate list of guidelines … Read more

Omicron Updates From Around the World

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Nov. 29, 2021 — The new Omicron coronavirus variant, which has been detected in several countries in recent days, will spread widely across the world and inevitably reach the U.S., Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Monday. “Obviously, we’re on high alert,” he said on Good Morning … Read more