Omicron
- Health
Anti-Covid pills work against Omicron, antibody drugs less effective
New York: The drugs behind the new pills to treat Covid-19 remain very effective against the Omicron variant of the virus in lab tests, according to a new study. However, lab tests also…
- Telangana
Telangana logs 3,801 COVID-19 cases, 1 death reported
Hyderabad: Telangana on Wednesday recorded 3,801 fresh COVID-19 cases taking the tally to 7,47,155, while the death toll rose to 4,078 with one more fatality. The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) reported…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP adds 13,618 fresh Covid-19 infections
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh logged 13,618 fresh cases of Covid-19, 8,687 recoveries and nine deaths in the 24 hours ending 9 am on Wednesday. The daily infection positivity rate hovered around 30 per…
- India
Active COVID-19 cases reduce by 50 pc within 2 weeks in Delhi
New Delhi: The number of active Covid-19 cases in Delhi has halved in just 12 days after rising to a high of 94,160 on January 13, while it took 21 days for…
- Technology
Microsoft Teams surpasses 270 mn monthly active users
New Delhi: Microsoft has added 20 million more users to its video collaboration tool Teams to surpass 270 million monthly active users, as Omicron-triggered Covid wave spread across the globe. The company…
- India
People entering Sikkim need to produce negative RT-PCR test report
Gangtok: The Sikkim Government has made it mandatory for all persons entering the Himalayan state to produce a negative RT-PCR report conducted within 72-hours prior to the date of entry. A Home…
- World
WHO chief warns against talk of endgame in pandemic
Geneva: The head of the World Health Organisation is warning that conditions remain ideal for more coronavirus variants to emerge and says it’s dangerous to assume omicron is the last one or…
- World
Omicron’s immune evasion behind rapid spread, say studies
New York: Two new studies, not yet peer-reviewed, have shown immune evasion is the reason behind the Omicron variant’s increased transmissibility. The Omicron variant, first reported from South Africa and Botswana in…
- India
Omicron in community transmission stage in India, dominant in multiple metros: INSACOG
New Delhi: The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is in the community transmission stage in India and has become dominant in multiple metros where new cases have been rising exponentially, the INSACOG has…
- World
Omicron surge: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern cancels her wedding
Wellington: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday informed that she has canceled her wedding amid a new wave of Omicron cases in the country. “My wedding won’t be going ahead…
- Health
Cloth masks are useless, say US health experts
New Delhi: Prominent public health officials in the US have increasingly highlighted the limitations of cloth face masks, pushing for more effective respirator masks such as N95s as the Omicron variant is rapidly…
- World
UK classifies new form of Omicron as ‘variant under investigation’
London: A new form of Omicron named BA.2 has been designated a “variant under investigation”, with 426 cases of the Covid-19 strain’s sub-lineage confirmed in Britain, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)…
- World
WHO: COVID-19 boosters should start with most vulnerable
Geneva: The World Health Organisation says that coronavirus vaccine boosters should now now be offered to people, starting with the most vulnerable, in a move away from its previous insistence that boosters…
- India
Covid deaths in 3rd wave less in comparison to 2nd wave: Govt
New Delhi: Deaths are significantly less in the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in comparison to the second wave, and the current surge is not witnessing an increase in severe illness or…
- India
India’s third Covid wave likely to peak on Jan 23: IIT Kanpur scientist
New DelhI: The third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in India may peak on January 23 with daily cases likely to remain below the four lakh mark, according to a scientist at…
