DTE Exclusive: 70% COVID-19 cases in Kolkata now due to Omicron

Ganga Sagar Mela given go-ahead by Calcutta High Court with conditions

Omicron variant: How should India deal with a fresh surge in COVID-19 cases?

India reported 1,700 omicron cases as of January 3

Omicron: South Africa health minister declares 4th wave of COVID-19

Joe Phaahla said there was a much steeper upward curve than had been seen in the last three waves

Omicron threat: India’s COVID-19 genome sequencing a measly 0.2%

Maharashtra and Kerala — with the highest active caseload in the country — account for the highest number of genome samples …

Omicron’s BA.5 sub-variant is 4 times more vaccine-resistant

Study finds sub-lineage behind rise in COVID-19 cases in Europe, US

Omicron: What the next few weeks will look like

Social mixing over Christmas is likely to increase infections

Omicron in southern Africa: Mozambique is worried for its economy, especially tourism

Mozambique has reported two cases of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 till now

Less protection from past infection, likely reduced vaccine efficacy: IHME on Omicron

For now, best to assume Omicron causes as severe a disease as Delta, IHME says

COVID-19: 2 cases of Omicron detected in Karnataka, testing of contacts underway

Two males, 66 and 46 years of age, test positive for omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2; all primary and secondary contacts of both cases have been …

Omicron ‘re-infection’ raises questions about waning immunity against COVID-19. Here’s what we know

The metric being currently used to test waning immunity is an antibody test. Immunologists, however, have cautioned against an overreaction to …

WHO begins monitoring two new variants of COVID-19 named BA.4 and BA.5

The move comes in the footsteps of the global health body declaring two more variants in circulation named XE and XD

The missing piece in Omicron’s family tree: Where did the variant originate?

There are currently 3 thoeries being considereed by the medical fraternity

Global COVID-19 cases set to triple with over 3 billion omicron infections in coming 2-3 months: IHME

Australia and New Zealand may experience their worst outbreaks of this pandemic

Lateral Thoughts: The uncomfortable science of booster vaccine

The disjoint between research and policy has never been so evident than in the case of vaccine boosters  

Omicron now in 63 countries; can become dominant in Europe soon: WHO

Overall risk related to Omicron remains very high due to multiple reasons, flags WHO

As told to Parliament (December 10, 2021): 237 Zika virus cases in India so far

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Omicron in southern Africa: ‘Afrophobia’, say Malawians in wake of West’s travel ban

Malawian government says it has the capacity to do genomic sequencing and had not detected the Omicron variant till now

COVID-19: BA.5 spread has differed from one country to another; here is why

Eric Topol, a US-based professor of molecular medicine, argues it is the immunity wall of a country that plays a decisive role in whether BA.…

With omicron reinfections, are we back to square one of the pandemic?

Case surge may not be as bad as during India's 2nd wave but lot depends on govt interventions, citizen behaviour, say experts

Quarter of the world has antibodies against COVID-19, study reveals

The figure dropped slightly to 21% when vaccinated population were excluded

COVID-19: Global risk related to Omicron ‘very high’, warns WHO

WHO urges ramping up surveillance, sequencing and community testing to check SARS-CoV-2’s mutations and omicron’s prevalence

COVID-19: INSACOG shares genome sequencing data after a gap of 3 months 

India sequenced 89,860 samples between January and April, according to the latest bulletin. The total is now 240,570 sequenced samples  

COVID-19 cases, deaths on the decline in all regions except Western Pacific, Africa

Western Pacific Region and Africa recorded 21% and 20% increase in the number of new weekly deaths respectively

‘COVID-19 wave not distinct entity, will come periodically’

Epidemiologist Dr Chandrakant Lahariya on the new variant, vaccine immunity and India’s preparedness 

Haphazard COVID-19 vaccine donations useless for Africa, WHO flags

Countries should be informed 4 weeks in advance, shots should have at least 10-month shelf-life