Sunday, April 28, 2024

Topic: Omicron

1.6 million deaths likely to hit china, if COVID zero policy abandoned

A peer-reviewed scientific study has pointed out that China’s ongoing campaign would be insufficient to prevent the upcoming new omicron wave.

India’s first case of Omicron’s XE recombinant variant reports in Mumbai

The first case of the more transmissible COVID-19 variant XE was detected in Mumbai on Wednesday.

Coronavirus has not settled down and Omicron is not the last variant: WHO

A combination of factors, including misinformation that the pandemic is over, the lifting of mask mandates, ending physical distancing - and a more transmissible Omicron BA.2 variant - are causing an increase of COVID-19 cases globally, the World Health Organization warned on Wednesday.

WHO flags new subvariant of Omicron strain found in 57 countries

On Tuesday, the World Health Organization said a subvariant of the Omicron strain has been detected in 57 countries.

COVID-19: India reports 2.09 lakh new cases

India has reported 2.09 lakh new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, about 10% lower than Sunday — 2.34 lakh infections. The positivity rate rose...

Early signs of COVID-19 heading towards ‘endgame’: WHO

20101108 - GENK, BELGIUM : Hans Kluge (Acting Director, Division of Health Systems and Public Health, WHO-Europe) pictured at the Regions for health network...