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Omicron less likely to cause Long COVID than Delta variant: Lancet study
The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is less likely to cause long COVID than the Delta strain, according to a study published in The Lancet journal. Long COVID is defined as having new or ongoing symptoms four weeks or more after the…
Long COVID risk less with Omicron than Delta variant, UK study finds
The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is less likely to cause long COVID risk than the Delta variant, new research in the UK has found.
Analysis by researchers from King’s College London of data from the ZOE COVID Symptom study app published on…
Covid-19: Cases of B.A. sub-lineage of Omicron found in Maharashtra for first time
For the first time, four patients of B.A. 4 variant and three cases of B.A. 5 variants of the Omicron sub-lineage of coronavirus have been found in Maharashtra, an official of the state health department said on Saturday.
All of them had…
UK’s COVID alert level reduced as Omicron sub-types monitored
The UK’s coronavirus alert level has been reduced from four to three as COVID-19 cases continue to fall, even as two rare types of the Omicron variant sub-types have been reclassified as variants of concern.
The health authorities said on…
Omicron may be as severe as previous COVID variants, study finds
Omicron may be intrinsically as severe as previous coronavirus variants, according to a US study which contradicts assumptions that the strain was more transmissible but less severe.
The yet-to-be-published study, posted as preprint on…
Immune evasion potential of Omicron post natural COVID infection, vaccination: ICMR study
By PTI
NEW DELHI: People infected with Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 remain susceptible to Omicron which proves the latter's immune evasion potential post natural infection and vaccination, a new ICMR study has shown.…
Continuing to monitor ‘several descendent lineages’ of Omicron variant: WHO
The World Health Organisation has said that it is continuing to monitor “several descendent lineages” of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, including two new sublineages that have additional mutations associated with potential “immune…
Discretionary cos to fare better in Q4
Indian consumer staple companies are expected to face the double whammy of muted demand and higher input costs in the quarter gone by (Q4FY22). However, consumer discretionary companies are expected to fare better this results…
Omicron ‘stealth’ COVID variant BA.2 now dominant globally
A sub-variant of the highly transmissible Omicron version of coronavirus known as BA.2 is now dominant worldwide, prompting surges in many countries in Europe and Asia and raising concern over the potential for a new wave in the United…