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A health worker prepares to perform Covid-19 coronavirus screening from inside a glass booth at a round the clock testing facility in Chennai. (Photo: AFP)

Omicron is highly transmissible but mild variant, says expert

The country has reported 2,630 cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19

7 Jan 2022 8:14 AM IST

A crowded platform at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus railway station amid concern over rising cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 across the country, in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Don't let your guard down thinking Omicron is mild infection, warns...

Dr PS Chandra further said the Omicron virus is highly infectious and it is going to increase the herd immunity

6 Jan 2022 3:32 PM IST

A health worker takes a nasal swab sample of a woman to test for COVID-19 in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

Over 90,000 new Covid infections, 495 Omicron cases in India

Of the total cases, Maharashtra has the maximum at 797, followed by Delhi, Rajasthan, Kerala, Karnataka, Gujarat, and...

6 Jan 2022 10:01 AM IST

A student poses for photographs after being administered with a COVID-19 vaccine in Hyderabad. (Photo: PTI)

India sees single-day rise of 58,097 new Covid infections, 2,135 cases...

The death toll has climbed to 4,82,551 with 534 daily fatalities

5 Jan 2022 10:28 AM IST

A health worker (background R) inoculates a youth with a Covaxin dose against the Covid-19 coronavirus during a vaccination drive for youths in the 15-18 age group at a school in Kolkata. (Photo: AFP)

Antibody cocktail not useful for most patients with Omicron: Experts

Doctors in Kolkata believe that the formula of antibody cocktail is not useful for the Omicron variant of coronavirus

5 Jan 2022 9:24 AM IST

A health worker conducts COVID-19 testing of a woman amid concern over a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in India, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Surge in cases indicative of third Covid wave in India: Expert

There are some epidemiological similarities between South Africa and India

4 Jan 2022 5:04 PM IST

A health worker conducts COVID-19 testing of a woman amid concern over a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in India, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Omicron in 81 per cent of Covid samples tested, says Delhi health...

Of the latest 187 Covid samples tested, 152 had Omicron and 8.5 per cent had Delta, he told the Delhi Assembly

3 Jan 2022 2:47 PM IST

A man assists a child to use hand sanitizer as a precaution against coronavirus before entering at an Industrial exhibition in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

India reports 33,750 fresh Covid cases, Omicron tally rises to 1,700

Maharashtra is the worst-affected state with 510 cases, followed by Delhi with 351

3 Jan 2022 10:13 AM IST

policeman monitors the crowd at the Sarojini Nagar market operating on the odd-even system as per guidelines set by the Delhi government, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

India records 27,553 fresh cases of Covid, Omicron tally rises to...

Maharashtra recorded a maximum of 460 cases, followed by Delhi, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Kerala

2 Jan 2022 10:32 AM IST

A health worker checks swab samples collected for RTPCR test to detect COVID-19 at a government hospital in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

Omicron BA.2 will not cause another COVID-19 surge, says expert

The Expert further said that BA.2 will be more transmissible than BA.1 and has mutated to increase its transmissibility

21 Feb 2022 4:55 PM IST

A soldier prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, at a vaccination center at the Central market in Guatemala City. (Photo: AFP)

Triple vaccinated can fight Omicron variant efficiently: Study

The study tracked the antibodies of vaccinated and recovered individuals for two years

4 Feb 2022 4:30 PM IST

A health worker quenches his thirst during a break while taking nasal swab samples at a COVID-19 testing center in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

India reports over 1.72 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases, 1,008 fatalities

A reduction of 87,682 cases was recorded in the active caseload in a span of 24 hours

3 Feb 2022 10:10 AM IST