Omicron Variant Covid

‘Risk of hospitalisation lesser for Omicron-infected patients than those suffering from Delta’

Research 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

WHO 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

Of 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

Sahil Thakur, the 27-year-old Rohini resident, said he had been diagnosed with COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic too

Tracking Omicron: Israel reports its first death from COVID-19 variant; WHO warns of ‘another storm coming’

Omicron, first detected in November in South Africa, has rapidly spread across the globe, with 38 of 53 European countries, reporting it to now being the dominant variant

COVID-19 vaccine inequity allowed variants like Omicron to emerge

Wherever COVID-19 has the chance to linger, variants develop and travel. This entirely predictable pattern is destined to repeat itself unless countries with resources share vaccines with others that cannot afford them.

UK reports record 93,045 new COVID-19 cases in third consecutive daily record; Omicron becomes dominant in London

Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is a ‘very serious threat’ and that the country was seeing a considerable wave coming through

India reports 101 Omicron cases; Centre asks citizens to avoid non-essential travel, gatherings

The health ministry said Maharashtra reported 32 cases of the variant, Delhi (22), Rajasthan (17), Karnataka (8), Telangana (8), Gujarat (5), Kerala (5), Andhra Pradesh (1), Chandigarh (1), Tamil Nadu (1) and West Bengal (1)

Joe Biden warns of winter of 'severe illness and death' as Omicron threat grows larger in America

The US president stressed the importance of vaccinated people getting a booster and of those who have yet to be vaccinated receiving their first shot

Omicron spreads further in India: Three cases detected in Telangana, total tally rises to 64

A 24-year-old Kenyan woman, a 23-year-old Somalian man and a seven-year-old child tested positive after arriving at Hyderabad’s international airport on 12 December