No scientific data so far to show Delta plus variant adversely impacts vaccine efficacy: Dr VK Paul
3 years, 5 months ago

No scientific data so far to show Delta plus variant adversely impacts vaccine efficacy: Dr VK Paul

India Today  

It would be unfair to put a date for any Covid wave as the behaviour of coronavirus is unpredictable and a disciplined and effective pandemic response can help the country get away from any significant outbreak, Covid Task Force chief VK Paul said on Monday. Amid rising concerns over the Delta plus variant of the virus, Paul, who is also a Niti Aayog Member, asserted that there is no scientific data so far to establish that the new variant is highly transmissible or reduces vaccine efficacy. When asked about the Delta plus variant, Paul said scientific knowledge about it is still in the early stage. "The so-called Delta plus variant exhibits an additional mutation in the Delta variant and since this is a new variant, scientific knowledge is still in the early stage. "But in addition, and very importantly, our science organisations have extended huge technical support to the vaccine manufacturers by way of providing laboratory access and offering vaccine trial sites in various locations," Paul said.

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New COVID variant JN.1: Health Ministry says no need for booster dose
1 year ago

New COVID variant JN.1: Health Ministry says no need for booster dose

The Hindu  

Following the Union Health Ministry direction that States be alert and prepared for any possible surge in COVID-19 cases following the emergence of the new variant JN.1, senior health officials said that there is no move to recommend administration of vaccine booster dose for India. India saw a single-day rise of 656 COVID-1 infections while the active cases have increased …

Old Covid Vaccines May Have Low Efficacy; India Should Update Covid Boosters, Dr Randeep Guleria Warns
1 year, 8 months ago

Old Covid Vaccines May Have Low Efficacy; India Should Update Covid Boosters, Dr Randeep Guleria Warns

News 18  

Similar to flu shots, India may need to update its Covid-19 boosters with the latest strain of the coronavirus, former director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Dr Randeep Guleria told News18.com. A renowned pulmonologist, Dr Guleria said the vaccines in India are currently using the Wuhan strain or the strain which was circulating in December 2019. “But now, …

No new Covid variants during recent breakout in China: Lancet study
1 year, 10 months ago

No new Covid variants during recent breakout in China: Lancet study

India Today  

New coronavirus variants did not emerge during the recent outbreak of cases in China, said a study published in the medical journal, The Lancet. Samples of 350 locally acquired infections and 63 imported cases were studied during a five-week period beginning in November 2022 - shortly after China abruptly overturned its strict zero-Covid policy. Further, China also administers inactivated whole …

Can Your Vaccine Protect You Against BF.7? India Isolates New Strain, Begins Study to Test Efficacy
1 year, 11 months ago

Can Your Vaccine Protect You Against BF.7? India Isolates New Strain, Begins Study to Test Efficacy

News 18  

A sample of SARS-CoV-2 virus containing the BF.7, a sub-lineage of the Omicron variant, has successfully been isolated by India to assess the efficacy of available vaccines. “Scientists are studying whether the currently available vaccines are effective in preventing infections or serious illness caused by the new sub-variant,” a source was quoted as saying. India has reported at least four …

OPINION | Covid threat: India is on a stronger wicket compared to China, says Dr Guleria
2 years ago

OPINION | Covid threat: India is on a stronger wicket compared to China, says Dr Guleria

India TV News  

As scary visuals come in from China of bodies of Covid-19 victims being laid out inside containers, the Centre and state governments have revved up arrangements to ensure full preparedness in the face of fresh challenge. In my prime time show Aaj Ki Baat on Friday night, we showed fresh videos and pictures of large number of Covid patients undergoing …

A concerning sequence: The Hindu Editorial on a new coronavirus strain and a spurt in cases in China
2 years ago

A concerning sequence: The Hindu Editorial on a new coronavirus strain and a spurt in cases in China

The Hindu  

The spurt in coronavirus cases reported out of China has triggered global alarm. India’s Health Ministry has issued a directive to States to send positive samples to the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium to check for new, concerning strains. There is scarce monitoring and mask mandates for public gatherings, airports and railway stations have been removed everywhere; so, low numbers do …

Will Two ‘Made-in-India’ Vaccines Be the New Covid Boosters? News18 Decodes Differences
2 years, 3 months ago

Will Two ‘Made-in-India’ Vaccines Be the New Covid Boosters? News18 Decodes Differences

News 18  

India will soon roll out mRNA shots and intranasal vaccines, which will be available on CoWIN, and can be used as boosters against Covid-19. India’s first mRNA shot is only the third mRNA vaccine to be approved for Covid-19 in the world after Pfizer and Moderna. But mortality will be reduced.” Sharing a study of the intranasal vaccines under clinical …

Tackling the new variants
2 years, 4 months ago

Tackling the new variants

Hindustan Times  

The first redesigned coronavirus vaccine was approved for use this week when authorities in the United Kingdom cleared a Moderna dose that the company adapted to create immunity against the Omicron variant. The vaccine is a 50-50 formulation of Moderna’s 2020 product, designed on the Sars-CoV-2 variant that first spread around the world, and of a new dose developed using …

Exclusive: Coming soon, second generation, variant specific anti-Covid vaccine
2 years, 5 months ago

Exclusive: Coming soon, second generation, variant specific anti-Covid vaccine

India Today  

The Centre has invested in developing a strain specific vaccine that would help in countering the changing nature of coronavirus. An official who facilitated developing this ecosystem for second generation vaccines told India Today that research and development work is underway to develop strain-specific vaccines in India. A bivalent vaccine will target the specific spike mutations seen in the Omicron …

Despite DCGI Nod, Here’s Why Biological E's Corbevax is Not Yet Available for Booster Shots
2 years, 5 months ago

Despite DCGI Nod, Here’s Why Biological E's Corbevax is Not Yet Available for Booster Shots

News 18  

The wait for the roll-out of Biological E’s Corbevax vaccine as a heterologous booster shot may continue for a while, News18.com has learnt. Corbevax was approved for heterologous use as a Covid booster shot by apex drug regulator Drugs Controller General of India in the first week of June. Thankfully, Omicron does not cause severe disease and hence there is …

New corona variant found in India, claim Israeli scientists; govt says too early to hit panic button
2 years, 5 months ago

New corona variant found in India, claim Israeli scientists; govt says too early to hit panic button

India Today  

A series of tweets, put out by a scientist from Israel has sent the medical fraternity and pandemic observers into a tizzy. Dr Tom Peacock said on Twitter, “Surveillence minded folks - worth keeping a close eye on BA.2.75 - lots of spike mutations, probable second generation variant, apparent rapid growth and wide geographical spread." Surveillence minded folks - worth …

New Covid variant Delta Plus won't ruin your summer, say top scientists
2 years, 6 months ago

New Covid variant Delta Plus won't ruin your summer, say top scientists

Daily Mail  

Covid's resurgence won't plunge the UK into even more chaos, scientists have claimed amid warnings of a new 'Delta plus' variant. Covid cases surged by 40 per cent in England last week in what is feared to be the start of a fresh wave of the virus, official figures show. Dominant strain BA.2, which was behind nearly all cases when …

Covaxin Effective Against Omicron Variants, Says ICMR as Sub-variants Driving up US Surge Found in Maha, Tamil Nadu
2 years, 6 months ago

Covaxin Effective Against Omicron Variants, Says ICMR as Sub-variants Driving up US Surge Found in Maha, Tamil Nadu

News 18  

The administration of Covaxin as a booster dose enhances vaccine effectiveness against Covid-19’s Delta variant and gives protection against Omicron variants BA.1.1 and BA.2, a study by ICMR and Bharat Biotech has found. “The evidence from the present study shows that Covaxin booster immunisation tends to broaden the protective immune response and reduces disease severity against the Delta and Omicron …

Covishield Has Least Neutralizing Power against Omicron’s BA.1 Variant, Boosters Needed: NIV Study
2 years, 8 months ago

Covishield Has Least Neutralizing Power against Omicron’s BA.1 Variant, Boosters Needed: NIV Study

News 18  

Covishield recipients with no history of Covid have shown the least neutralizing power against Omicron’s BA.1 variant, a study conducted by the ICMR-National Institute of Virology have found, indicating need for booster shots. Breakthrough cases jabbed with Covishield, however, had highest neutralizing antibodies against all variants studied, than recovered and Covid-naïve vaccinated individuals,” an ICMR scientist told The Times of …

India's 'warm vaccine' candidate effective against Delta, Omicron COVID-19 variants in mice, says study
2 years, 8 months ago

India's 'warm vaccine' candidate effective against Delta, Omicron COVID-19 variants in mice, says study

Firstpost  

The latest study, published recently in the journal Viruses, assessed vaccinated mice sera for efficacy against key coronavirus variants, including Delta and Omicron. New Delhi: A heat-stable COVID-19 vaccine that is being developed in India and does not need cold chain storage has generated a strong antibody response against coronavirus variants, including Delta and Omicron, according to a study on …

Indian Covid vaccines better than Pfizer, Moderna, says Adar Poonawalla
2 years, 8 months ago

Indian Covid vaccines better than Pfizer, Moderna, says Adar Poonawalla

India Today  

Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla on Wednesday claimed that Covid-19 vaccines that are made in India, have provided more protection against coronavirus infection than vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna. Speaking to news agency ANI, Poonawalla said, "The Covid-19 vaccines which have been made in India are providing more protection against the disease than mRNA vaccines like Pfizer and …

Explainer: What is the COVID Deltacron variant and how dangerous is it?
2 years, 8 months ago

Explainer: What is the COVID Deltacron variant and how dangerous is it?

Firstpost  

Even as COVID restrictions are eased the world over, there is a lurking fear of a new variant going by the name of ‘Deltacron’, which has characteristics of both Delta and Omicron Even as COVID restrictions are eased the world over, there is a lurking fear of a new variant going by the name of ‘Deltacron’, which has characteristics of …

Scientists Worry Virus Variant May Push Up COVID Cases In US
2 years, 9 months ago

Scientists Worry Virus Variant May Push Up COVID Cases In US

Huff Post  

FILE - Fans storm the court at the conclusion of a college basketball game in Champaign, Ill., on Sunday, March 6, 2022. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert, told ABC’s “This Week” over the weekend that he also thinks the U.S. will likely face an “uptick” similar to what’s happening in Europe, particularly the United Kingdom, …

Scientists worry virus variant may push up COVID cases in US
2 years, 9 months ago

Scientists worry virus variant may push up COVID cases in US

Associated Press  

With coronavirus cases rising in parts of Europe and Asia, scientists worry that an extra-contagious version of the omicron variant may soon push cases up in the United States too. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert, told ABC’s “This Week” over the weekend that he also thinks the U.S. will likely face an “uptick” similar to …

Coronavirus updates March 04, 2022
2 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus updates March 04, 2022

The Hindu  

In 2022, 92% of COVID deaths have been in unvaccinated individuals, Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research Dr. Balram Bhargava said on Thursday. Here are the latest updates Study Third Covid vaccine dose advised for immunocompromised people: study A third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine is recommended for people with a weakened immune system, especially for organ …

Next Covid-19 variant will be more infectious than Omicron, possibly deadlier, warns WHO
2 years, 10 months ago

Next Covid-19 variant will be more infectious than Omicron, possibly deadlier, warns WHO

India Today  

Even as the world limps back to normalcy with the Omicron wave subsiding, experts have warned that the next Covid-19 variant will be more transmissible, and perhaps, more deadly than its predecessors. In a recent press briefing, World Health Organization epidemiologist and technical lead on Covid-19 Dr Maria Van Kerkhove stressed that the pandemic is far from over and future …

China's most used COVID shots effective against Delta variant: study
2 years, 10 months ago

China's most used COVID shots effective against Delta variant: study

China Daily  

BEIJING - China's two most widely used COVID-19 vaccines, developed by Sinovac and Sinopharm, were shown to be effective against the Delta variant of the coronavirus, a study based on real-world data in the country showed on Tuesday. The study did not generate sufficient data to deliver effectiveness readings for the two vaccines separately or by age groups, researchers from …

2 Years Ago, India Saw Its First Covid Case. A Long Battle Continues with No End in Sight
2 years, 10 months ago

2 Years Ago, India Saw Its First Covid Case. A Long Battle Continues with No End in Sight

News 18  

Amid the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, India has completed two years since the first coronavirus case was reported in the country and during this time, it has not just battled the virus but also its mutated variants, even as uncertainty continues to surround the expected course of the pandemic. It was on January 30, 2020 when a third-year …

Explained | Is vaccination limiting Omicron’s virulence?
2 years, 11 months ago

Explained | Is vaccination limiting Omicron’s virulence?

The Hindu  

The story so far : Omicron, the latest SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern, may be pushing up COVID numbers across the world but it is also reporting a lower rate of hospitalisation and deaths compared to the previous Delta waves so far. According to WHO, the threat posed by Omicron largely depends on four key questions -- how transmissible the variant …

Delta variant major cause for COVID in children during second wave: ICMR study
2 years, 11 months ago

Delta variant major cause for COVID in children during second wave: ICMR study

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Delta variant was the major cause of coronavirus infection in children's COVID-19 cases during the second wave in India, according to an Indian Council of Medical Research study. The most common lineages observed were Delta, followed by Kappa, Alpha and B.1.36, seen in 65.82 per cent, 9.96 per cent, 6.83 per cent and 4.68 per cent, respectively …

Covaxin booster shot neutralises Omicron, says Bharat Biotech
2 years, 11 months ago

Covaxin booster shot neutralises Omicron, says Bharat Biotech

Hindustan Times  

India's vaccine-maker Bharat Biotech on Wednesday said that a booster dose of its Covid-19 vaccine ‘Covaxin’ neutralises both the Omicron and Delta variants of the coronavirus. The study, "The neutralisation activity of Covaxin-boosted sera was comparable to what has been observed in mRNA vaccine-boosted sera against the Omicron variant," Reuters quoted Bharat Biotech as saying in a statement. Citing the …

Omicron quickly overtaking Delta globally in terms of circulation: WHO
2 years, 11 months ago

Omicron quickly overtaking Delta globally in terms of circulation: WHO

Live Mint  

United Nations/Geneva: Omicron is quickly overtaking the Delta variant of COVID-19 and becoming dominant around the world, a senior WHO official has warned, with the global health agency cautioning that there is "increasing evidence" Omicron is able to evade immunity but has less disease severity as compared to other variants. It could take some time for Omicron to overtake Delta …

Omicron quickly overtaking Delta globally in terms of circulation: WHO
2 years, 11 months ago

Omicron quickly overtaking Delta globally in terms of circulation: WHO

Deccan Chronicle  

United Nations/Geneva: Omicron is quickly overtaking the Delta variant of COVID-19 and becoming dominant around the world, a senior WHO official has warned, with the global health agency cautioning that there is "increasing evidence" Omicron is able to evade immunity but has less disease severity as compared to other variants. She further cautioned that even though there is some information …

Covid-19: Covaxin booster working against Omicron and Delta, says Bharat Biotech
2 years, 11 months ago

Covid-19: Covaxin booster working against Omicron and Delta, says Bharat Biotech

India Today  

Vaccine manufacturer Bharat Biotech said the booster dose of Covaxin has generated robust neutralising antibody responses against both Omicron and Delta, using a live virus neutralisation assay. Test results show that 100 per cent of the serum samples showed neutralisation of the Delta variant and more than 90% of serum samples showed neutralisation of the Omicron variant, Bharat Biotech said. …

Omicron Has Started Replacing Delta Variant in India, Say Sources
2 years, 11 months ago

Omicron Has Started Replacing Delta Variant in India, Say Sources

News 18  

Omicron has started replacing Delta variant in the country in terms of the number of COVID-19 cases and 80 per cent of the travellers who tested positive have this new variant, official sources said on Friday. A total of 1,270 Omicron cases have been detected across 23 states and UTs so far, according to the Union health ministry data updated …

Omicron has started replacing Delta variant in India, say sources
2 years, 11 months ago

Omicron has started replacing Delta variant in India, say sources

The Hindu  

Omicron has started replacing Delta variant in the country in terms of the number of COVID-19 cases and 80 per cent of the travellers who tested positive have this new variant, official sources said on Friday. A total of 1,270 Omicron cases have been detected across 23 States and UTs so far, according to the Union health ministry data updated …

Do Vaccines Work against Omicron, is it as Deadly as Delta? FAQs on New COVID Variant Answered
2 years, 11 months ago

Do Vaccines Work against Omicron, is it as Deadly as Delta? FAQs on New COVID Variant Answered

News 18  

The decision to start vaccinating children aged 15 and above in India is prescient as the new variant—Omicron—of the now very familiar COVID-19 is seen to significantly affect children. Omicron has spread to 110 countries, fast becoming the dominant infection in many of them—72 per cent of all COVID-19 cases in the UK and 76 per cent in the US. …

Omicron has ‘growth advantage’ over Delta, says Centre
2 years, 11 months ago

Omicron has ‘growth advantage’ over Delta, says Centre

Live Mint  

A total of 961 cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus have been reported across 22 states and union territories of the country so far, said the Union health ministry on Thursday. Further, quoting the World Health Organisation, the government said evidence shows that the Omicron variant has a growth advantage over Delta with a doubling time of two to …

Vaccines still effective against Omicron, severity of disease not surged: WHO chief scientist
2 years, 11 months ago

Vaccines still effective against Omicron, severity of disease not surged: WHO chief scientist

India TV News  

Vaccines appear to be effective against the Omicron variant because even though the numbers are going up exponentially in many countries, the severity of the disease has not surged to a new level, WHO Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan has said. Referring to the third factor which decides the effectiveness of the vaccine, Swaminathan said, "It is the time since …

COVID-19 Omicron variant may protect against severe Delta infection, research suggests
2 years, 11 months ago

COVID-19 Omicron variant may protect against severe Delta infection, research suggests

ABC  

Since hitting the headlines in November, the Omicron COVID-19 variant has damaged economies, destroyed holidays and blighted the festive season, but scientists say there may be a silver lining to the fast-moving version of the virus. Key points: Just 15 vaccinated and unvaccinated people infected with Omicron enrolled in the South Africa-based study The research team tested how well participants' …

In Boost to India's Covid Fight, 2 Vaccines, Covovax & Corbevax, and 1 Anti-Viral Pill Cleared in a Single Day
2 years, 11 months ago

In Boost to India's Covid Fight, 2 Vaccines, Covovax & Corbevax, and 1 Anti-Viral Pill Cleared in a Single Day

News 18  

Expanding India’s vaccine basket, the Central Drug Authority has approved the Serum Institute of India’s COVID-19 vaccine Covovax, Biological E’s jab Corbevax and anti-Covid pill Molnupiravir for restricted use in emergency situation. It also had recommended granting restricted emergency use approval to the drug Molnupiravir for treatment of adult patients with COVID-19 and who have high risk of progression of …

Explained | How has India responded to SARS-CoV-2 variants?
2 years, 11 months ago

Explained | How has India responded to SARS-CoV-2 variants?

The Hindu  

The story so far : India began 2021 with the hope that cases would continue to decline as had been the trend from September 2020 and that the two vaccines would help stem the spread of COVID-19. On April 8, with daily cases close to a lakh and higher than it had ever been as per India’s official count, India …

Amid Omicron spread, PM Modi to hold Covid-19 review meeting today
3 years ago

Amid Omicron spread, PM Modi to hold Covid-19 review meeting today

Live Mint  

Amid the spread of the Omicron covid variant, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting to review the pandemic situation in the country today, news agency ANI reported. India has recorded 236 cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus across 16 states and UTs so far out of which 104 people have recovered or migrated, according to the Union …

Coronavirus Updates: Maha Sees 854 New Covid-19 Cases, 11 Deaths; Omicron Tally Rises to 48
3 years ago

Coronavirus Updates: Maha Sees 854 New Covid-19 Cases, 11 Deaths; Omicron Tally Rises to 48

News 18  

As the World Health Organization grants an emergency approval to Serum Institute of India’s Covovax, a top Indian government scientist has recommended that it be used as a booster shot to counter the threat posed by the emerging omicron variant of coronavirus, India Today reported. French Prime Minister Jean Castex says the Omicron variant will be the dominant strain of …

Breakthrough Infections Generate Strong Immunity to Covid-19 Variants: Study
3 years ago

Breakthrough Infections Generate Strong Immunity to Covid-19 Variants: Study

News 18  

People who are infected after getting vaccinated develop a greatly enhanced immune response to variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, according to a lab study. The results suggest each exposure following vaccination actually serves to strengthen immune response to subsequent exposures even to new variants of the virus. "We have not examined the Omicron variant specifically, but based …

Covid-19: Delta plus Omicron spells trouble
3 years ago

Covid-19: Delta plus Omicron spells trouble

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. “And particularly in the arena of Omicron, if you are fully vaccinated, get your booster shot.” RELATED: Your top questions about Covid-19 and vaccines Why isn’t a booster required for “full vaccination?” Right now, the government is pushing hard for everyone who can get a booster to do so. …

India needs vaccines that can quickly adapt to corona variants: VK Paul
3 years ago

India needs vaccines that can quickly adapt to corona variants: VK Paul

India Today  

Amid the Omicron threat, Niti Aayog member Dr VK Paul said on Tuesday that there is a potential scenario that our Covid-19 vaccines may become ineffective and India should have vaccine platforms that are 'adaptable quickly' with changing nature of the coronavirus variants. Addressing an event organised by industry body CII, the Covid Task Force chief called for modifying the …

December 13 2021: Omicron variant news
3 years ago

December 13 2021: Omicron variant news

CNN  

There’s a substantial decrease in effectiveness of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines against the Omicron variant, according to a study from researchers at Oxford University. The results suggest the Omicron variant may drive a new wave of coronavirus infections, the researchers said, although there’s no evidence it would lead to an increase in severe disease or deaths. “Our findings …

Omicron more transmissible and reduces vaccine efficacy but causes less severe severe symptoms: WHO
3 years ago

Omicron more transmissible and reduces vaccine efficacy but causes less severe severe symptoms: WHO

Firstpost  

Countries with sufficient vaccine supplies such as Britain and France have encouraged their populations to receive a third ‘booster’ jab to fight Omicron. Geneva: The Omicron coronavirus variant is more transmissible than the Delta strain and reduces vaccine efficacy but causes less severe symptoms according to early data, the World Health Organization said Sunday. Early evidence suggests Omicron causes “a …

Booster Shot of Pfizer Covid Vaccine Can Cut Mortality from Delta Variant by 90%: Study
3 years ago

Booster Shot of Pfizer Covid Vaccine Can Cut Mortality from Delta Variant by 90%: Study

News 18  

The third dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine can reduce mortality due to the Delta variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus by 90 per cent, according to a study conducted in Israel. Among participants 65 years of age or older, death from COVID-19 occurred in 60 of 470,808 participants in the booster group and in 123 of 35,208 participants in the …

Opinion: The infectious disease expert who warned us 800,000 Americans would die of Covid-19
3 years ago

Opinion: The infectious disease expert who warned us 800,000 Americans would die of Covid-19

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. CNN — Michael Osterholm is director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and author of The New York Times bestseller, “Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs.” He …

COVID-19 still found a way into a fully vaccinated crowd. Will Omicron make 'breakthrough infections' worse?
3 years ago

COVID-19 still found a way into a fully vaccinated crowd. Will Omicron make 'breakthrough infections' worse?

ABC  

High school reunions have always been fraught with the possibility of awkwardness. 'Breakthrough cases' are on the rise All of the cases from the reunion are considered "breakthrough infections" — the term given to cases in people who have been fully vaccinated against the virus. "Breakthrough infections are increasing all over the world where you have more vaccination and you …

Tale of two Covid variants: What makes Omicron more infectious than Delta
3 years ago

Tale of two Covid variants: What makes Omicron more infectious than Delta

India Today  

Omicron, the new variant of coronavirus, is said to be more infectious than others, including the feared Delta strain. Dr Christopher JL Murray, director and lead modeler of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington, said, “This is going to be very important in places with high levels of past infection India, for example, with …

COVID-19 | Genome consortium advises booster shots
3 years ago

COVID-19 | Genome consortium advises booster shots

The Hindu  

The Indian SARS-COV-2 genome consortium, which confirmed the presence of the Omicron variant, in an advisory made public on Thursday, has recommended that boosters “be considered” in those above 40. Risk of severe disease “Vaccination of all remaining unvaccinated at-risk people and consideration of a booster dose for those 40 years of age and over, first targeting the most high-risk/high-exposure …

US coronavirus: You don’t have to change holiday plans due to Omicron if you’re vaccinated, Fauci says. But don’t wait to get a booster
3 years ago

US coronavirus: You don’t have to change holiday plans due to Omicron if you’re vaccinated, Fauci says. But don’t wait to get a booster

CNN  

CNN — As the first case of the Omicron variant in the US was detected on Wednesday, health officials are urging Americans not to wait any longer to receive a vaccination or booster to better protect themselves and others. “That’s where we’re hoping we’ll see with the Omicron variant, that if you get your levels high enough it’ll spill over …

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