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Johannesburg: Chairperson of the South African Medical Association (SAMA) said most patients infected with the Omicron variant of Covid-19 got mild symptoms, while the unvaccinated patients showed relatively severe symptoms. Angelique Cootze, who has treated 70 patients diagnosed with the new variant, said she has seen most patients with mild symptoms such as headaches, body […]

Johannesburg: Pfizer’s mRNA-based Covid vaccine may be up to 40 times less effective against the new super mutant Omicron variant, a small study led by South African researchers have shown. The emergence of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in November in South Africa has raised concerns that, based on the large number of mutations in […]

Hyderabad: With the Omicron scare spreading its tentacles across the globe and in the State as well in the last one week, parents have started worrying over whether they should continue sending their wards to school. Though the State is yet to register its first Omicron case, several educational institutions have already reported several Covid-19 […]

Hyderabad: The surveillance teams of the health wing in Telangana on Monday conducted RT-PCR tests on 105 international travelers who had arrived at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport from at-risk countries. According to the Director of Public Health (DPH), Dr G Srinivasa Rao, all the 105 persons have tested negative for Covid-19. So far, 1,910 […]

Hyderabad: The State government is likely to procure S-gene RT-PCR test kits that can be employed as a proxy test to detect the presence of the Omicron variant. The Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 does not have an S-gene, which is also commonly known as S-gene dropout. Due to this specific character of the Omicron variant, […]

Hyderabad: The 35-year-old woman who had reached Hyderabad international airport from the UK, one of the at-risk countries, has tested negative for Omicron, health officials here on Monday said. The international traveller, a resident of Rangareddy district, had arrived at the Shamshabad international airport on December 1 and tested positive after an RTPCR test. Since […]

Jerusalem: The Omicron variant, with more than 30 mutations on its spike protein, may not be as dangerous as the Delta and Alpha and other variants of coronavirus, which has so far claimed more than five millions lives across the world. However, the variant appears to be more contagious, said a scientist from Hadassah-Hebrew University […]

Hyderabad: A total of 291 international passengers, who arrived from at-risk countries to Hyderabad international airport on Sunday, were screened by surveillance teams of the health department and have tested negative for Covid-19. Since December 1, the surveillance teams have screened and conducted RTPCR tests on 1270 passengers out of which 13 have tested positive. […]

New Delhi: Delhi reported its first case of new COVID-19 Variant Omicron on Sunday. “First omicron case detected in Delhi. The patient admitted to the LNJP Hospital had returned from Tanzania. Till now, 17 people (who come from abroad) have tested positive for Covid and they have been admitted to the hospital,” Delhi Health Minister […]

Hyderabad: A mild third wave triggered by the Omicron (B1.1.529), the new variant of SARS-CoV-2 first reported in South Africa, is likely to hit the country in January and reach a peak by first week of February before infections start dropping to manageable levels by the end of March, according to the noted SUTRA mathematical […]

According to the authorities, the results of the three samples are expected to be out in a day or two.

"A person who came from Zimbabwe was infected with Omicron. His sample has been sent to Pune," an official said.

Bengaluru: The Bengaluru based anesthesiologist doctor, one among the first two persons to be detected with the new Covid-19 variant ‘Omicron’ in the country is doing fine now. His primary contacts are his wife, an ophthalmologist; daughter and another doctor who is also an ophthalmologist, are also recovering well, according to sources in the health […]

Hyderabad: There are clear indications that the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, which was first reported in South Africa, was around in many parts of the world for the past four to six weeks, at the very least and may be even longer, says SERB National Chair, IIT Hyderabad and founding member of noted SUTRA mathematical […]

Hyderabad: Even as the scare surrounding the new Covid-19 variant Omicron grows, many IT employees are on tenterhooks about when will the return to office happen and if there is a possibility of postponing the work from office. Hyderabad IT employees who have been working from home for the past 19 months were being called […]

Visakhapatnam: Amid concerns over Covid-19 new variant Omicron, Visakhapatnam District Collector Mallikarjuna said on Friday that some international returnees who might have come to Visakhapatnam from Bengaluru, Chennai or Hyderabad are untraceable.He said the administration had received a list of international returnees who might have come to Visakhapatnam from Bengaluru, Chennai or Hyderabad. He said […]

Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) is leading the consortium of genetic laboratories involved in the genome sequencing of Omicron, the new variant of SARS-CoV-2. The National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), which detected the two Omicron positive cases in Bengaluru is also the part of the consortium of laboratories that perform […]

Hyderabad: The detection of Omicron variant and the possibility of resurgence of Covid infections has made health authorities in several States including Telangana to insist that people at public places carry vaccine certificates. While such a move will go a long way in ensuring people are made aware about the importance of getting administered with […]

New Delhi: Imposing lockdown to curtail transmission of Omicron could prove to be very costly and should be used as a last resort, according to the World Health Organisation. The new super mutant Omicron Covid variant, which contains more than 30 mutations on the spike protein that the virus uses to infect human cells, has […]

Hyderabad: A latest study on Omicron from South Africa by local researchers has indicated that there is a significant surge in Covid reinfections and the new variant has the ability to evade the immunity developed by individuals from a prior infection. The study, published in MedRxiV, the preprint online archive of BMJ Yale and Cold […]