Jerusalem: The Israeli Ministry of Health Friday reported four new cases of the Omicron Covid-19 variant in the country. The fresh infections took the total number of Omicron cases in Israel to seven. The new cases are of four passengers who have recently returned from...
New Delhi: Imposing lockdown to curtail transmission of Omicron could prove to be very costly and should be used as a last resort, according to the World Health Organisation. The new super mutant Omicron Covid variant, which contains more than 30 mutations on the spike...
Bhubaneswar: The Covid-19 bug has hit the ongoing FIH Junior Hockey World Cup here after an incident-free week. Organisers said that one positive case has been reported Friday. Despite being held inside a bio-bubble and all media persons covering the event subjected to RT-PCR tests...
Colombo: Sri Lanka health officials announced Friday that the first Covid-19 infected carrying 'Omicron' variant was identified in Sri Lanka. Dr. Hemantha Herath, Deputy Director of Health Services, said the infected was a Sri Lankan national who had returned from South Africa recently. Herath said...
London: Amid calls for pushing booster doses against Covid-19 in view of the new super mutant variant Omicron that is predicted to escape vaccine immunity, a new study published in The Lancet has shown that six different Covid boosters are safe and provoke strong immune...
New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry Friday said while there is no evidence to suggest that existing vaccines do not work on the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, some of the mutations reported may decrease the efficacy of the jabs. It however underscored that definitive evidence...
New Delhi: A recommendation has been given to the Health Ministry to consider Covid-19 booster dose for those who are 40 years and older due to the threat growing out of the new variant Omicron. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has termed Omicron as a...
Washington: US President Joe Biden has unveiled stricter Covid-19 travel rules as the US confirmed a handful of cases of the Omicron variant from coast to coast. Biden said his plan "doesn't include shutdowns or lockdowns" and does not expand vaccine mandates, the BBC reported...
New Delhi: The new super mutant Omicron variant of Covid-19 can increase risk of reinfection by three times as compared to other variants of concern such as Beta and Delta, according to a preliminary study by South African researchers. The study, published pre-print on medrxiv,...
Mumbai: Equity benchmark Sensex jumped over 262 points in early trade Friday, tracking gains in index majors Infosys, ICICI Bank and HDFC amid mixed cues from Asian markets. The 30-share index was trading 262.86 points or 0.45 per cent higher at 58,724.15 in initial deals....
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