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What is Omicron?
The countries designated as 'at-risk' (as of November 26, 2021) include European countries, the UK, South Africa, Brazil, Bangladesh, Botswana, China, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Singapore, Hong Kong and Israel.
What WHO says
Symptoms of Omicron
Latest Updates on Omicron
The latest variant to make headlines is called XEC. This omicron subvariant has been reported predominantly in the northern hemisphere, but it has now been detected in Australia too
India currently does not have any XBB 1.5 variant-based vaccines in the market
The prevalence of JN.1 is low in the Eastern region
The evidence is extremely limited and theoretical, and there's no data suggesting that more people are experiencing severe digestive illnesses from Covid
The study found that the median time of infectivity was three days, with 18.4 per cent and 3.9 per cent of children still infectious on day five and day 10
Babita Kamlapurkar, state's health surveillance officer, said it is necessary to exercise Covid-19 appropriate behaviour as June, July and August months record a spike in cases
UK health agency says no indication that EG.5.1 is more severe than the others; WHO advises countries to remain cautious
More than 1,300 samples of Omicron sub-variant XBB2.3 have been detected in India, while XBB.1.16 has become the dominant strain in the country, according to INSACOG data
The present wave will come down to an endemic stage by May 15 and a downward trend will be seen next month, the minister said while urging citizens not to panic
According to the bulletin, Covid positivity rate in the state on Friday was 13.82 per cent
With the new fatalities, the death toll from the pandemic rose to 26,578 in Delhi. Out of 7,967 beds, 377 are occupied
According to the bulletin, the fresh cases emerged out of 3,153 tests conducted the previous day
Half of the fresh active cases were recorded in Gurugram district while the sole fatality was reported from Panchkula
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 5.61 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 4.78 per cent
"I would advise people with low immunity or those with severe illnesses to avoid crowded places and wear masks. The transmissibility of this variant is high," he said
As of Sunday, Kerala topped the list of Covid cases with the number crossing more than 12,000. Other states with high case counts include Maharashtra and Delhi
A group of scientists in the US has identified an antibody that appears to block infection by all dominant variants of the virus that causes Covid-19, including Omicron
Nepal on Monday confirmed the detection of a new Omicron variant of Covid identified as XBB1.16 and said that at least 10 out of 24 latest samples of patients across the country have tested positive
India continues to report a spike, but experts are divided on whether the surge is a wave yet or a ripple