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Virologist Dr Shahid Jameel (Wikipedia)

Very large number of Indians may be protected from Omicron: Virologist...

Jameel said more data is awaited but vaccine effectiveness against the variant may dip by a few points

30 Nov 2021 12:49 PM IST

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (PTI)

Omicron variant: Kejriwal questions delay in banning international...

Kejriwal had on Sunday urged PM Modi to stop flights coming to India from countries affected by Omicron with immediate...

30 Nov 2021 11:43 AM IST

A sign for a vaccine site stands in Staten Island on November 29, 2021 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)

All adults should get COVID-19 booster shots, says U.S. CDC

The agency is taking a more cautious stance as Omicron's emergence further emphasizes the importance of vaccination and...

30 Nov 2021 11:09 AM IST

Health workers inside an Isolation Ward for COVID-19 to treat persons infected with the Omicron variant, at Omandhurar Government Medical College Hospital, in Chennai, Monday, Dec. 6, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Omicron less likely to put you in the hospital, studies say

The findings have not yet been reviewed by other experts, the gold standard in scientific research

23 Dec 2021 2:25 PM IST

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of World Health Organization (AFP)

Boosters may prolong COVID pandemic, warns WHO chief

Unrestrained end-of-year celebrations could still prove to be major source of new infections, the WHO warned

23 Dec 2021 12:21 PM IST

A worker carries an oxygen concentrator inside the COVID-19 facility of Commonwealth Games Village in view of the rising Omicron cases in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. (PTI/Shahbaz Khan)

India records 236 Omicron cases; 7,495 new coronavirus infections

Maharashtra has recorded the maximum 65 cases of the Omicron variant followed by Delhi at 64, Telangana 24, Karnataka 19

23 Dec 2021 10:39 AM IST

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (ANI)

World could be entering worst part of pandemic: Bill Gates on Omicron...

Bill Gates also claimed that the pandemic wave due to Omicron would last less than three months

22 Dec 2021 10:17 AM IST

City residents wait in a line extending around the block to receive free at-home rapid COVID-19 test kits in Philadelphia, Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. (AP/Matt Rourke)

Omicron sweeps across US, now 73 per cent of COVID-19 cases

CDC officials said they do not yet have estimates of how many hospitalizations or deaths are due to omicron

21 Dec 2021 9:53 AM IST

A worker prepares a bed for Covid patients in Commonwealth Games Village in view of the Omicron cases, in New Delhi, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary)

Omicron tally crosses 150, as COVID-19 cases surge in Delhi

In Maharashtra, six more persons have tested positive for Omicron, that raised the state's tally of such cases to 54

20 Dec 2021 8:25 AM IST

Passengers wearing face mask come out from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International airport amid concern over Omicron variant of coronavirus, in Ahmedabad,(PTI Photo)

2 UK returnees found infected with Omicron in Gujarat; tally rises to...

The patient's co-passengers and other contacts have tested negative for the viral infection, the official said

19 Dec 2021 1:45 PM IST

Registered nurse Nvard Termendzhyan, center, sets up a table for Linda Calderon, right, as her twin sister Natalie Balli, far left, rests in her bed in a COVID-19 unit at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Hits keep coming': Hospitals in US struggle as COVID beds fill

The national seven-day average of COVID-19 hospital admissions was 60,000 by Wednesday, 50% higher than in early...

19 Dec 2021 11:03 AM IST

A healthcare worker checks the complete vaccination certificate of the arriving passengers, at Bandra Terminal, in Mumbai,. (PTI)

Omicron cases: Prohibitory orders issued in Mumbai till December 31

Only people up to 50 % of the capacity at a venue will be allowed to attend any event and organizers of programme should...

16 Dec 2021 12:21 PM IST