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Will Omicron bring an end to the COVID-19 pandemic? Here’s what experts have to say
Fp Staff • 3 years agoThe coronavirus variant, first detected in South Africa, has caused a massive spike in cases across the world, forcing governments to impose new restrictions
Tata's COVID-19 test kit to detect Omicron variant gets IMCR nod: All you need to know about 'OmiSure'
Fp Staff • 3 years agoThe new test, which will provide results in two-and-a-half hours, will most likely be sold in the market by around 12 January
COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 15-18 begins; over 16 lakh teens already given first dose
Fp Staff • 3 years agoThe process to administer coronavirus vaccines to children comes amid a rapid rise in infections fuelled by the Omicron variant
How will pandemic end? Ultra-contagious Omicron may forecast the endgame of COVID-19
• 3 years agoThe Omicron crisis shows that the world will reach a point where SARS-CoV-2 will be treated as an endemic much like flu, hopes infectious disease expert Stephen Kissler of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Omicron risk remains ‘very high’, says WHO as COVID-19 cases spike across the world
• 3 years agoThe new COVID-19 variant with a doubling time of two to three days has already overtaken the previously-dominant Delta variant in a number of countries, including Britain and the United States
Omicron in India: Authorities in a tizzy after 147 returnees in Bareilly 'untraceable'
News18 India • 3 years agoThe officials have shared the information of the flyers with the police and local intelligence unit to find them as soon as possible
‘Risk of hospitalisation lesser for Omicron-infected patients than those suffering from Delta’
• 3 years agoResearch by Imperial College London found that people infected with the new COVID-19 variant are 40 to 45 percent less likely to spend a night or more in hospital compared with the Delta variant
No country can boost itself out of COVID-19 pandemic, says WHO chief as Omicron variant wreaks havoc worldwide
• 3 years agoWHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus insisted that the priority must remain to get vaccines to vulnerable people everywhere rather than giving additional doses to the already vaccinated
Omicron in India: Narendra Modi to hold review meet today as new COVID-19 variant spreads
Fp Staff • 3 years agoOf date, there are 213 cases of Omicron in the country. Delhi tops the list with 57 cases, followed by Maharashtra with 54 infections
'Three to four cops posted outside my house': Delhi Omicron patient recounts tale of home isolation and hospitalisation
• 3 years agoSahil Thakur, the 27-year-old Rohini resident, said he had been diagnosed with COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic too