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A fresh warning is issued regarding the Omicron variant of COVID-19, which is spreading across countries. China's National Health Commission reports a slight..

India records 395 New COVID-19 cases and 2 deaths in 24 Hours; Omicron Variant (JN.1) raises concerns. The country's active caseload stands at 3,075, with a..

India reports 743 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total to 3,997 active cases. Seven fatalities occurred in the past day, with Kerala reporting three deaths,..

​As per the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC), the JN.1 variant, the new subvariant of the Omicron variant of the..

Andhra Pradesh reports 4 new Covid-19 cases suspected to be caused by Omicron subvariant - JN.1. Samples sent for genome sequencing. Cases in Srikakulam,..

Nearly 7 months after the WHO withdrew the public health emergency notification for Covid-19, the virus refuses to go away. The Omicron variant has mutated into..

Nearly 7 months after the WHO withdrew the public health emergency notification for Covid-19, the virus refuses to go away. The Omicron variant has mutated into..

The FDA has authorized updated Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna that target the Omicron variant. A third shot from Novavax is still under..

Concerns about a potential surge in cases due to EG.5, an Omicron variant, have been allayed by Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya. EG.5 is a descendant..

Mandaviya said the government continues to aggressively pursue genomic surveillance to detect Covid-19 clusters and new variants, if any, even though the cases..

​A new descendant of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus causing COVID has brought the infection to the headlines once again after a considerable gap of..

The scientists are investigating the means through which SARS-CoV-2 contracted so many mutations in the pandemic's second year.

Nepal on Monday confirmed the detection of the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 identified as "XBB1.16" and said that at least 10 out of 24 latest samples of..

The WHO added XBB.1.16 as the sixth variant under monitoring on March 22, the global health body said in its weekly update on the pandemic.

Experts seek warning system for early emergence of recombinants during public celebrations

In the past one week, Delhi, along with a few other states, has been witnessing a rise in Covid-19 cases. The city has registered 877 infections in the last..

With new emerging variants and the mass availability of COVID vaccines, the SARs-CoV-2 virus has not only evolved in terms of severity, but also changed with..

Serum Institute of India chief executive officer Adar Poonawalla on Sunday said its Covovax vaccine will get approval as a booster in the next 10 to 15 days,..

The Omicron variant has transmitted across the globe and also branched off into a number of sub variants: BA.2, BA.5, B.Q.1, B.Q.1.1, BF.7, XBB and XBB.1.5.

The tally of XBB.1.5 — a sub-lineage of XBB Omicron variant — has gone up to five in India, up from one reported from Gujarat a few days ago.

After two years of the worst phase of Covid pandemic, 2022 saw a new wave of infections driven by the Omicron variant of coronavirus which ultimately subsided,..

The Omicron XBB.1.5 variant of Covid-19 is estimated to be the culprit for as many as 40.5 percent new infections in the US.

India has successfully isolated a sample of SARS-CoV-2 virus containing the BF.7, a sub-lineage of the Omicron variant, which is suspected to be behind the surge..

The highly transmissible BF.7 Omicron variant of Covid-19 was highly unlikely to trigger another “wave” in the country, experts said, suggesting India should..

The BF.7 is a sub-lineage of the Omicron variant BA.5, which, Dr Rajeev Jayadevan, Co-chairman, the National IMA Covid taskforce, calls 'great-grandson of..

The explosive Covid surge in China has triggered a wave of panic amid the spread of the deadly BF.7 strain of the Omicron variant.

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has already held a meeting with top officials and experts to take stock of the Covid situation in the country.

See here everything about Covid spike in China and the new variant of coronavirus.

In today's DNA, Zee News' Rohit Ranjan analysed the threat that Omicron sub-variant BF.7 poses to India.

BF.7 is a sub-lineage of the Omicron variant BA.5 and has the strongest infection ability since it is highly transmissible, has a shorter incubation period, and..

Several subvariants of Omicron have been traced ever since this variant was traced in 2021. Each subvariant of Omicron is more powerful than its predecessor in..

Genome sequencing of 234 samples was done. All samples have been found infected with the Omicron variant. 36 samples belong to the XBB variant and 33 samples are..

In the study, the researchers compared the original COVID, Omicron variant, and a version of the two combined.

A new sub-variant of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has been detected in India, which can lead to another surge in the number of cases.

The latest subvariant of the Omicron variant BF.7, known as the 'Omicron spawn', that was first detected in China, has reached other countries like the United..

2 new sub-variants of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 have been detected in China, and have been described as dangerous by experts.

​"New Omicron variant BF.7 has swept to more provinces in China on Monday, less than a week after it was first identified in Northwest China's Inner Mongolia..

​COVID reinfection cases have been increasing and health experts say, the maximum number of such cases have been seen during the Omicron variant led COVID..

The relaxations come as the Omicron variant outbreak wanes in New Zealand.

In November 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) designated COVID's Omicron variant as a 'variant of concern' (VoC), which meant that the SARs-CoV-2 strain..

From less than three new daily Covid-19 deaths during the first week of June, Kerala is now seeing on average 11 new Covid deaths daily -- a four-time increase..

After World Health Organisation (WHO) Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’ press conference where he spoke about a new sub-lineage of the Omicron variant BA.2.75..

Persistent cough was one of the most reported symptoms of COVID-19 during the second wave of coronavirus. While with the Omicron variant, sore throat, runny..

A day after the Russian health watchdog confirmed one case of BA.4 in their country, Mumbai civic officials have confirmed three cases of BA.4 subvariant and one..

BA.4 and BA.5 are subtypes of the highly contagious Omicron variant of Covid-19 which caused the third wave of the global pandemic.

According to the health experts, the latest surge is driven by sub-strains of the Omicron variant, namely BA.2, BA.4 and BA.5.

The state public health department's surveillance officer Dr Pradip Awate reminded on Saturday that Delhi too had seen a rapid rise in Covid cases in April, but..