The INSACOG said Omicron and its sub-lineages continue to be the dominant variant in India. XBB is the most prevalent sub-lineage (63.2 per cent) circulating all over India.
As Covid-19 cases rise again in India, many questions come up that remain unclear. Here are a few questions answered about what's happening around Coronavirus, and all you need to know.
New BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants of Omicron are more transmissible than BA.2 which was itself 80% more transmissible than the original Omicron.
As China battles a nationwide Covid-19 outbreak, Australia and Canada are the latest to join countries like India, US, and UK requiring Chinese travelers to take a Covid-19 test prior to boarding their flight.
The B.1.1.529 (Omicron) variant has previously been reported as more transmissible, but less severe than other SARS-CoV-2 variants.
Covid-19 India: The death toll due to the coronavirus in the country has climbed to 5,23,654 with 32 more fatalities in the last 24 hours.
A study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases medical journal shows that the vaccine 'induced higher neutralising antibody responses than those observed in adults'.
In view of the current surge in Omicron cases, ‘The Comprehensive Guidelines for Management of COVID-19 in Children and Adolescents Below 18 Years’ were reviewed by a group of experts.
The national capital on Friday recorded 24,383 COVID-19 cases, a 15.5 per cent decline from a day earlier, even as the positivity rate mounted to 30.64 per...
Prepare for the Omicron threat by having an emergency fund in place and to remain prepared in advance. you could start investing a part of your savings or...
World Health Organization (WHO) this time skipped two other Greek letters 'Nu' and 'Xi' before settling for 'Omicron' as the name for the new strain of ...
'Despite the repeated warnings of health leaders, our failure to put vaccines into the arms of people in the developing world is now coming back to haunt us',...
Italy's health ministry is urging all regions to increase its tracing of the virus and sequencing to detect cases of the new variant first identified in South...
After the detrimental Delta variant which took the world by storm in the second wave of Covid-19, ‘Omicron’ recently has been declared as the latest...
Though the health experts and scientists in India have advised caution yet they feel that the current immune profile of the majority of the population in...
The new "super mutant" Covid variant has more transmissible capability than the Delta variant and the vaccines that the world currently have may be...
With 14 beds per 10,000 people, India ranks 184 among 191 countries in terms of health infrastructure. Have we really progressed as a nation?
The IgM antibody which is usually produced by recent infection with SARS Cov-2 (can rarely also be produced in recent vaccination. This antibody was positive...
Despite the prolonged emergency, the largely voluntary measures have become less effective as the exhausted public increasingly ignores them.
The coronavirus has to be defeated and vaccination is the way to victory, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said.
The B.1.617.2 or Delta variant was first observed in India in late 2020. It has since spread around the globe.
Travellers will still need a negative COVID-19 test prior to arrival and must take several tests while in Hong Kong to ensure they're not infected.
If the third wave peaks, the country may see only 1 lakh daily cases as against more than 4 lakh when the deadly second wave was at its peak in May.
The potential variant of interest, C.1.2, was first detected in the country in May this year.
Kerala Covid surge: Fewer hospital admissions is a silver lining amidst the surge
