Gujarat detects its first case of Omicron’s sub-variant XE
Ahmedabad, April 9: Gujarat reported its first case of XE, a sub-variant of Omicron, after a man from Mumbai tested...
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37 fatalities due to Omicron in State
DIMAPUR, MARCH 19: Nagaland's COVID-19 fatalities in the Omicron wave, as of March 18, were 37, according to the Health...
Omicron wave accounts for many more US deaths than Delta surge
NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 20: The Omicron wave is breaking, but deaths, which lag cases by as much as several weeks,...
Tripura confirms presence of omicron variant of COVID-19
Agartala, February 17: Tripura Thursday confirmed the presence of the omicron variant of COVID-19, with 120 people testing positive for the new version of the virus in January. The omicron cases were detected at the National Institute of Biomedical Genomics Laboratory (NIBGL), Kalyani, in West Bengal, where the northeastern state had sent 231 samples between January 1 and January 30, a health department official said. "We had first sent 69 samples to NIBGL for genome sequencing to detect the omicron variant and then 162 more specimens .a total of 120...
Triple vaccinated can fight Omicron variant efficiently: Study
Berlin, February 4: People who are triple-vaccinated against COVID-19 develop a high-quality antibody response which can neutralise the Omicron variant...
Omicron sub-variant more infectious, reveals study
LONDON, FEBRUARY 2: A sub-variant of the highly contagious Omicron Coronavirus strain is even more infectious than the original version,...
54 Omicron cases detected in Nagaland
DIMAPUR, FEBRUARY 1: Fifty-four Omicron positive cases have been detected from Nagaland after Whole Genome Sequencing test conducted at the...
“‘O Mitron’ far more dangerous than Omicron”: Shashi Tharoor’s swipe at PM
New Delhi, January 31: "Far more dangerous than Omicron is 'O Mitron'," senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on Monday...
Omicron is in the community transmission stage in India, says INSACOG
BA.2 lineage found in India NEW DELHI, JANUARY 23: The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is in the community transmission stage...
COVID vaccine booster provides effective antibody protection against Omicron: Lancet study
LONDON, JANUARY 20: A third dose of COVID-19 vaccine increases the level of antibodies that can effectively neutralise the Omicron...