Omicron

Singapore: Singapore has detected its first community cases confirmed to be infected with the Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of Covid-19, the Health Ministry said in a press release. The Ministry on Monday reported two local Covid-19…

Taipei:  Six people are under investigation in Shanghai after an elderly nursing home resident was mistakenly declared dead, put in a body bag and taken by coroners to a waiting van before mortuary workers noticed he was still alive, The…

New Delhi:  Omicron sub variants BA.4 and BA.5 have the ability to avoid immunity induced by both previous Covid infection and vaccination, according to a new study not yet peer-reviewed. According to researchers from the Africa Health…

Canberra: Health authorities of Australia's Victoria state confirmed that the Omicron sub-variant BA.2.12.1 has been traced in wastewater in Melbourne. The Victoria Health Department said authorities would now prioritize the sequencing…

Sydney: Health authorities in Australia's New South Wales (NSW) confirmed on Friday that the Omicron sub-lineage BA.4 was detected in the state. NSW Health reported that the state's first case of BA.4 was a traveller who returned from…

New York:  If you're wondering why after two vaccination doses and a booster shot, you still got sick from the Omicron strain of Covid-19, one possible answer may be that antibodies fighting the original virus may be weaker against the…

New York: Patients hospitalised with the Omicron or Delta variants of Covid-19 required similar levels of respiratory support and intensive care, according to a new study. Even though Omicron has generally been touted as mild, the…

New Delhi:  A new Omicron sub variant may be the reason behind the sudden surge of Covid cases in Delhi, which witnessed over 60 per cent rise in fresh Covid cases on Wednesday at 1,009 cases. According to a source from Indian SARS-CoV-2…

Madrid:  A 31-year-old woman in Spain caught the Omicron infection just 20 days after the Delta variant, in what is claimed to be the shortest known gap between infections, according to researchers. However, in a similar case a rare…

New York: Scientists have found 21 viral offspring linked with BA.2 that may outpace the most successful subvariant of Omicron variant so far. BA.2 has been picking up mutations, sometimes shifting into sleeker and, incredibly, even…