Hyderabad: Covid-19 has become an endemic infection in Telangana and elsewhere in the country. As a result of its endemic status, unlike the three waves of the pandemic, in future, there would be minor local surges in infections, low levels of transmissions and minimal loss of life, senior scientists and geneticists here said. Omicron and […]
Madrid: Spain has reported a second death in as many days from monkeypox, its health ministry said Saturday. These are believed to be the first confirmed deaths from monkeypox since its outbreak in the European Union. The ministry gave no details on the deceased. It reported its first death from the disease on Friday. The […]
Hyderabad: There are clear indications that the Covid-19 pandemic is fast reaching an endemic stage and it is time for people to treat the infection like any other seasonal disease. Despite the rise in daily Covid-19 infections and the surge in active cases to over 5,000 in Telangana, the total number of hospital admissions is […]
Hyderabad: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Omicron, Lambda, and Delmicron in between. Since it was first notified in 2019, Covid-19 virus has changed into multiple variants and hundreds of mutations have taken place. While billions got affected by this deadly virus, more than five million have lost their lives. Even after two years since this novel […]
Hyderabad: The rise of Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 could be a significant step in transformation of Covid-19 from a pandemic to an endemic disease. Researchers and geneticists believe that if the present projections of the spread of the Omicron virus hold up, then in the coming years, the SARS-CoV-2 virus could become an endemic disease […]
Hyderabad: The gradual but consistent decline in daily new Covid infections in Telangana, which has also become a pattern across the country, and absence of a new and more virulent form of SARS-CoV-2 virus, could be a clear indication that the pandemic now has entered an endemic phase, public health officials here believe. The daily […]
