Hyderabad: Clear signs have emerged from the ongoing surge of Covid-19 infections in Telangana and across other States that the BA4 and BA5 variants of Omicron are managing to escape immunity gained either by prior infection or through vaccines, health officials here believe. A large number of reinfections in Telangana, especially in the the urban […]
Hyderabad: The Omicron variants continue to actively circulate in Hyderabad and other parts of Telangana, driving up the daily Covid-19 infections. Latest genome sequencing data from the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) indicates that the three highly contagious variants of Omicron — BA5, BA4 and BA.2.12.1, which are capable of escaping immunity — are currently […]
Hyderabad: The new variants of Omicron — BA4 and BA5 — have started to drive up the daily Covid infections in several States, including Telangana, raising fears of a possible fourth Covid wave. Senior health officials from Telangana are keeping a close watch on the possibility of the fourth wave, even as many are pointing […]