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Hyderabad: Twelve more international passengers who had arrived at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Shamshabad have tested positive for Omicron variant on Saturday, taking the overall number of positive Omicron cases to 79 in Telangana. Out of the 12 Omicron positive international passengers, 9 travelers had arrived at Hyderabad airport from non-at-risk countries while the […]
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According to The New York Times, studies on mice and hamsters have found that Omicron produced less damaging infections to the lungs, and instead was limited largely to the nose, throat, and windpipe.
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Hyderabad: The last two years have been very difficult for most people due to the Covid pandemic. With Omicron, the new variant around, people are anxious about what is to come in the future. Satya Gaura Chandra Das, President, Hare Krishna Movement, Hyderabad, draws the contemporary scenario to that of Arjun right before the epic […]
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Hyderabad: Omicron variant-driven Covid-19 infections are on the rise in major Indian cities, which could lead to a peak in January. However, it would still take a lot of time for the virus to spread to the entire country, researchers, who developed the noted SUTRA mathematical model for projecting pandemics, said. While the SUTRA model […]
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New Delhi: India’s drug regulator on Friday approved Serum Institute of India’s proposal to manufacture a drug substance for new Covid vaccine against Omicron variant of coronavirus and carry out its testing and analysis, official sources said. The move assumes significance in view of the country reporting a rise in daily new Covid-19 cases which […]
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Hyderabad: Densely populated urban cities have remained the main drivers of Covid-19 infections during the first and second waves. Although it is still in early stages, the Omicron-driven Covid-19 third wave is also on the same path with Hyderabad and its surrounding districts leading the daily new Covid-19 infections. Similar to the earlier two waves […]
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Johannesburg: Johnson & Johnson has announced that new preliminary results from a South African study has shown that the homologous booster shot of the company’s Covid-19 vaccine (Ad26.COV2.S) demonstrated 85 per cent effectiveness against the virus-related hospitalisation in South Africa after Omicron became the dominant variant. The South African Phase 3b Sisonke study, conducted by […]
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Among the 23 states and UTs that have reported the Omicron infection so far, Maharashtra tops the list with 450 cases of this variant.
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Hyderabad: The Cyberabad Traffic Police branch will be intensifying its drunken driving checks across all important areas of the city today on the eve of New Year. The police will be setting up check-posts to conduct checks on motorists. Cyberabad Police took to Twitter requesting people not to drink and drive. There will be extra […]
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More than 7,630 of the laboratory-confirmed Omicron cases in Germany were recorded in the 15-34 years' age group, and around 5,590 cases were identified in the 35-59 years' age group, according to the RKI on Thursday.
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Hyderabad: Five more international passengers who had arrived at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Shamshabad from at-risk and non at-risk countries tested positive for Omicron variant, Director of Public Health (DPH), Dr G Srinivasa Rao on Thursday said. With this, the total number of Omicron positive infections among international passengers and their close contacts […]
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Hyderabad: Another year has almost passed in the pandemic and Hyderabadis are feeling optimistic about stepping into 2022. Hoping this is the last year they hear of Covid-19 and its new variants, youngsters are planning to celebrate New Year’s Eve with close friends and family at home, fearful of catching Omicron. Although the State government […]
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New Delhi: Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Thursday said that, Omicron Covid variant has gradually started to spread in the community. People with no travel history have also tested positive for Omicron, he added. Forty-six per cent of total 115 samples sequenced so far in Delhi have tested positive for it. “According to latest […]
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Hyderabad: Globally, Omicron cases are seeing an upsurge. As we learn more about the highly transmissible variant, the information through different studies project different results making risk of the virus more and more confusing. Here is what a doctor, Afshine Emrani MD FACC from USA said, 1. Omicron is nothing more than a seasonal cold […]
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Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan said that the country does not have equipment to detect Omicron, adding that it has asked the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide testing machines for the new fast-spreading Covid-19 variant. Both Pakistan and Iran, the two countries that share borders with Afghanistan, have confirmed cases of the new […]
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Geneva: The World Health Organization (WHO) has cautioned that the more transmissible Omicron together with the currently circulating Delta variants might lead to “a tsunami of cases,” putting immense pressure on national health systems. Recapping WHO’s response since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said at a […]
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Hyderabad: IT employee Deepak Reddy was prepared to go back to his workplace after a gap of almost 20 months. From finding temporary accommodation to even buying new pair of clothes, he has been making different arrangements. However, he had to put all his plans on hold soon after Omicron, the new Covid variant, played […]
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Vijayawada: With ten more Omicron cases coming into light on Wednesday, the number of COVID variant patients in Andhra Pradesh increased to 16. It is said that some travellers who had arrived in the state from abroad had tested positive for Omicron. Three in East Godavari district, two each in Anantapur and Kurnool and one […]
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London: One of the epicentres of the Omicron variant — has seen a drop of about 40 per cent in new cases of Covid infection, suggesting that the new variant could be less severe than Delta. The seven day rolling average for new infections plummeted by 35 per cent from an all-time high of 23,000 […]
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Geneva: The overall risk associated with the Omicron variant remains ‘very high’ which could cause widespread disruption to health systems and other critical services, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned. In its weekly epidemiological update, the WHO said on Tuesday that “The overall risk related to the new variant of concern Omicron remains very […]
