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High immune response to COVID variants in breakthrough cases after two Covaxin jabs: ICMR study

The study highlights the significance of administering a booster dose or precaution dose of COVID vaccine as it provides better protection against the disease, said Dr Pragya Yadav, a senior scientist at NIV Pune and the lead investigator of the study

Omicron variant less severe than Delta for kids younger than five years, reveals study

About 1.8 per cent of children infected with Omicron were hospitalised, compared to 3.3 per cent with Delta

WHO warns against new mutant 'XE' variant of Omicron; says more transmissible than any strain of COVID-19

This new variant is a recombinant strain, meaning it is a mutant hybrid of the two previous versions of the Omicron variant, BA.1 and BA.2, which spread across the world when it first became a variant of concern

Explainer: What is the COVID Deltacron variant and how dangerous is it?

Even as COVID restrictions are eased the world over, there is a lurking fear of a new variant going by the name of ‘Deltacron’, which has characteristics of both Delta and Omicron

Moody's Investors Services raises India's growth forecast to 9.5% from 7% for 2022

With most remaining restrictions now being lifted with the improvement in the COVID-19 situation, India is on its way to normalcy

Will an Omicron-specific vaccine help control COVID? There’s one key problem

Since the emergence of Omicron, both Pfizer and Moderna has announced they’re working on vaccines to specifically target the variant, with production promised as early as March of this year.

Unlikely that people will move around with masks on forever, says Anthony Fauci on 'new normal'

Fauci said there is a great deal of 'disinformation' around and that is entirely destructive to a comprehensive public health endeavour

Chinese city of Xi'an lifts some restrictions after three-week lockdown: State media

Several municipalities and cities in the southern province of Guangdong as well as Beijing have in recent days reported local cases of the more contagious omicron variant

Omicron especially dangerous for unvaccinated, warns WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

While vaccines remain very effective at preventing death and severe COVID-19 disease, they do not fully prevent transmission, said Tedros

Chinese woman's blogs about being stuck in blind date's home after city lockdown go viral

Over 100 virus cases have been reported in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou since last week, as China battles to contain multiple local outbreaks of the Delta and Omicron variants