Tag: Omicron Variant

The team tested a protein-based vaccine designed to jump start an IgA immune response, administering it to mice through injections, and also intranasally.

The CDC said 22 states have confirmed at least one Omicron case, and some of those cases indicate community spread is underway.

To a query related to Omicron, he said that studies are going on and only after the studies are complete, it will be known which vaccine is how much effective against the new variant.

"We know that Covid-19 vaccines are safe and effective, and I strongly encourage adolescents ages 16 and 17 to get their booster if they are at least 6 months post their initial Pfizer vaccination series,"

Raising the issue of many ventilators supplied by the Centre lying unpacked and unused at some field hospitals, the Centre has asked the states to review immediately and ensure that all PSA oxygen plants, oxygen concentrators and ventilators are installed and functioning.

Whether or not a mutation turns out to be milder or more lethal is a matter of chance, he said.

It was widely expected that MPC would hold rates along with the accommodative stance.

As per South Africa and UK studies, many Omicron patients didn't exhibit the old COVID symptoms. The incubation period is only 2 days

The Centre has designated the UK, South Africa, Brazil, Botswana, China, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Israel as "at-risk" nations.

On November 23, as many as 53 students of a Girl’s High School in Sundargarh district tested positive for Covid-19. The infected students were from Class 9, 9 and 10. The school was later shut for a week in order to prevent the outbreak of more cases.

Recent UK and S Africa studies confirm Omicron's explosive spread rate. Early data shows severity is less than Delta. Risks high for Odisha as R-value was up at 1.2 in November

The new Covid variant, Omicron has started spreading its tentacles across the country. Several states have beefed up their surveillance and tracing activities. With the looming threat, Odisha health department earlier this morning informed that 40 percent of the travellers who came to the state from 8 ‘at risk countries’ are yet to be traced.

Three days after emergence of first case of Omicron variant in India, New Delhi reported country’s 5th case of the variant on Sunday.

Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain said on Sunday that the results of 12 samples, which were sent for genome sequencing, have come out. Out of the total 12, only one has been confirmed for the Omicron variant.

New York's omicron cases so far appear to be unrelated, Hochul said. One of the known cases involved a man from Minnesota who was among 50,000 people who attended a three-day anime festival in New York City in November.