omicron covid variant

INSACOG on Sunday confirmed the first cases of Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 in India. A  19-year-old girl from Tamil Nadu has been found to be infected with BA.4, while an 80-year-old man from Telangana was confirmed to have BA.5. Now,…

The head of the World Health Organization insisted Wednesday that “COVID isn’t finished with us,” appealing for more support to fight the pandemic after his agency reported that case counts and deaths fell worldwide over the past…

<!-- -->Coronavirus: New version of omicron variant is transmitting faster than original, reports said.New studies are emerging that suggest the latest version of the highly-infectious omicron variant is transmitting even faster than…

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is postponing her wedding after announcing new COVID-19 restrictions Sunday following the discovery of nine cases of the omicron variant in a single family that flew to Auckland to…

The highly infectious Omicron coronavirus variant causes less severe disease than the Delta strain but it remains a “dangerous virus,” particularly for those who are unvaccinated, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO)…

The United Kingdom’s official death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic rose above 150,000 on Saturday, government figures showed, following a record wave of cases caused by the Omicron variant. Some 313 deaths within 28 days of a…

Police in Germany has reported sporadic violence at demonstrations against the country’s COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, with one protester in the eastern town of Lichtenstein biting an officer and another attempting to steal a…

South Africans without symptoms of COVID-19 will no longer need to isolate or test if they have been in contact with a positive case, the government announced on Friday, saying developments around the virus justified a shift…

<!-- -->Booster doses offer greater protection against Delta and some protection against symptomatic Omicron.The Omicron variant of Covid-19 may be less likely to land patients in the hospital than the Delta strain, according to a…

<!-- -->Omicron Covid Variant: Omicron has raised global fears of a surge in Covid infections.Washington: Two studies from Britain published Wednesday showed Covid infections with Omicron are less likely to result in hospitalization…