Omicron Covid Variant

The number of Omicron cases in India has gone up to 153 with detection of 6 more cases in Maharashtra which now leads the pack with 54 cases.

There is a good news. At least 5 out of 7 Omicron Covid positive patients in Pune turned negative in the latest test results, signalling at a faster recovery for the new variant.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has termed Omicron variant of Covid-19 as 'Super Mild' and less dangerous.

The 72-year-old man from Jamnagar, who recently returned from South Africa, has tested positive of Covid-19 yesterday.

South Africa's Covid-19 cases have nearly quadrupled in the last four days, underscoring concerns around how contagious the new coronavirus Omicron variant might be as the country enters its fourth wave of the pandemic.

Indian SARS-COV-2 genome consortium (INSACOG) has recommended the administration of boosters or third doses for people who are at high risk or exposure.

Around 380 foreign returnees have landed in Odisha after the World Health Organisation announced Omicron a ‘variant of concern’ but the Health and Family Welfare department is yet to gather information about their travel history and details…

Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, on Wednesday confirmed its first cases of the new Covid-19 variant, among three passengers who had arrived from South Africa.

Omicron, has been detected in two fully vaccinated Israeli doctors, one of whom had returned from a conference in London in the past week.

A new and potentially more transmissible coronavirus variant 'Omicron' is now popped up in several other countries.