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Omicron Spreads Faster and Reduces Vaccine Efficacy: The WHO

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”, […]

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

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 […]

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

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 […]

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

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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