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They suggest that India is already familiar with the Omicron subvariant, which is responsible for this surge. China is witnessing a resurgence of Covid-19 cases primarily attributed to the XBB…

Chennai Super Kings players celebrate after winning the IPL 2023 first qualifier cricket match against Gujarat Titans, at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, on May 23, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Update NPR to enumerate self during next…

Even as some countries are switching to bivalent Covid-19 vaccines which tackle both the original Covid virus and the newer Omicron variant, India is not looking to change its vaccination strategy, people in the know told ET."We are doing…

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The BA.2 sub-lineage of the Omicron variant continues to be the dominant variant resulting in 85% of cases in the country, people in the know told ET. The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Consortium on Genomics (Insacog), the group of government…

The chief of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) NK Arora has said that the Covid-19 variant Omicron is giving rise to many new variants. It's of X series like XE and others.…

Responding to a question in Rajya Sabha, minister of state in the science and technology ministry Jitendra Singh said a total of 17 Covid-19 bio-repositories have been notified by the government. “The…

The government has decided to involve private sector laboratories in the process of genome sequencing to detect new coronavirus variants so as to significantly scale up genomic surveillance in the country, people familiar with the…