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Omicron Spreads Faster and Reduces Vaccine Efficacy: The WHO

December 13, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The World Health Organization on Sunday said, “A new variant of Covid-19 ‘omicron’ is spreading faster than Delta and another variant. It reduces vaccine efficacy but causes less severe symptoms,” the delta variant which was first detected in India. Early evidence suggests Omicron causes “a reduction in vaccine efficacy against infection and transmission”, […]

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Omicron Threat: The UK reports highest cases since January

December 11, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Health Authority of the United Kingdom (UK) reported 58,194 new cases in the last 24 hours, which is a ‘Warning’ bell for the country. This is the highest record of the cases in the UK since January. The latest data came as another 448 cases of the Omicron Covid-19 variant have been […]

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‘Omicron’ could spread in England faster than in South Africa: Health and Medical Experts

December 10, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: A senior scientific advisor in the UK warned the world over the new variant of covid-19 ‘Omicron’, he said: “new variant of covid-19 ‘Omicron’ may spread faster in the United Kingdom than South Africa.” South Africa reported nearly 20,000 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, a record since the Omicron variant was detected. The […]

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The Indian Pharmaceutical Giant ‘SII’ to cut Covishield production by 50 percent

December 8, 2021 Vinayak Barot

_Vinayak Barot New Delhi: Amid the rising ‘Omicron’ threat in the world, the Indian pharmaceutical giant Serum Institute of India (SII) has decided to cut the covishield vaccine production by 50 percent. Chief Executive officer of SII Adar Poonawalla said that “The Company has decided to cut the production by 50 percent as Company has […]

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Omicron Threat in the UK: Country’s Health Minister confirms community transmission of the variant

December 8, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Health Authority of the United Kingdom on Tuesday detected 101 more cases of the ‘Omicron’ variant, which has raised tension for all the European countries. The UK Health Security agency on Tuesday said that the total cases of omicron variant are the UK is 437. The UK’s health minister told Parliament that […]

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Omicron Threat: IIT scientist predicts the third wave in India in February

December 7, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: A scientist at IIT-Kanpur has expressed concern about the ‘Omicron’ variant which has been reported in many countries including the US, Europe, and some Asian countries. Scientist Manindra Agarwal involved in the mathematical projection of trajectory of COVID-19 said that “The intensity of the third wave of coronavirus is likely to be lower […]

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Covaxin May be More Effective against Omicron Covid Variant than Other Vaccines: ICMR

December 3, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) officer on a new variant of covid-19 ‘Omicron’ said that “Bharat Biotech’s Covid vaccine ‘Covaxin’ may be more effective against the highly-mutating Omicron variant which emerged this past week,” A 66-year-old man who has become one of India’s first two cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant arrived […]

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Travel Bans over Omicron are ‘Ineffective’ and ‘Unfair’: UN Secretary-General

December 2, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: Amid the rising concerns over a new variant of Covid-19 ‘Omicron’ in many countries – the UN Secretary-General on Thursday said that “travel bans against certain countries because of the new covid-19 variant are not an effective way and are Unfair,” Consequently, many countries upheld travel bans for travelers from African countries which had […]

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Omicron Threat: India may supply Covid-19 vaccine doses to African Countries

December 1, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Government of India may come forward to help the African countries by providing more covid-19 vaccine doses as new covid-19 variant ‘Omicron’ surges there. As countries tighten travel protocols once again, the central government is looking to export a significant portion of Covid-19 vaccines to Africa. According to the sources the government […]

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Omicron cause of concern, ‘not panic’: US President Joe Biden

November 30, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: A new variant of the covid-19 ‘Omicron’ detected first in South Africa could bring a new wave in the world. The World Health Organization has already warned many countries over a new variant of covid-19. Now, the US president has expressed concern over the new variant of covid-19 ‘Omicron’. US President Joe Biden […]