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The symptoms of the new BF.7 sub-variant are similar to the common flu and include cold, cough, fever, body pain, etc

BF.7 Omicron: All about the sub-variant that has triggered fresh Covid fears

PGurus Newsdesk - December 22, 2022 1

BF.7 Omicron sub-variant once again making headlines as it is currently on a rise in countries like China As China stares at rising COVID-19 cases...

Surging COVID-19 cases could put ‘immense pressure on exhausted health workers and health systems’, WHO chief says

WHO cautions ‘tsunami’ of cases with rising numbers of Omicron and Delta variant

PGurus Newsdesk - December 30, 2021 0

WHO warns Omicron and Delta driving tsunami of cases The World Health Organization (WHO) has cautioned against the twin threat of the new Omicron and...

People getting infected with Omicron are 50% to 70% less likely to need hospital care compared with previous Covid variants, says an analysis

New studies suggest Omicron infections are less severe than Delta variant

PGurus Newsdesk - December 25, 2021 0

Omicron variant appears less likely to cause severe COVID-19 illness than Delta variant According to the latest analysis of the Omicron variant, it has been...

While India has achieved over 90 percent coverage of primary vaccination, the coverage of precaution dose is very low

WHO tracking VOI XBB.1.5, six other variants under monitoring: Centre to states, UTs

PGurus Newsdesk - April 7, 2023 0

Health Minister Mandaviya reviews COVID-19 situation, asks states, UTs to increase testing, identify hotspots COVID-19: On Friday, the Centre told the states and Union territories...

The Centre will deploy the multi-disciplinary teams in 10 states seeing Omicron cases surge

As Omicron sees a surge; Centre to deploy multi-disciplinary teams in states with high...

PGurus Newsdesk - December 25, 2021 0

Centre to deploy teams in 10 states seeing Omicron cases surge On the sidelines of rising Omicron cases in India, the Centre has decided to...

Both the patients flew to Mumbai on November 25 – one from South Africa, and the other from the United States

With 2 more Omicron cases detected, Maharashtra’s tally rises to 10

PGurus Newsdesk - December 7, 2021 0

Omicron variant: 2 fresh cases of infection in Mumbai India’s total Omicron variant of Coronavirus cases jumped to 23 on Monday, with two more people...

The BBMP chief said that their samples have been sent for genomic sequencing for confirmation

5 contacts of the person infected with Omicron tested positive, samples sent for sequencing

PGurus Newsdesk - December 2, 2021 0

Omicron virus: India reports first cases of new Covid variant After two people in Karnataka were detected to be infected with the Omicron variant of...

Omicron: WHO Says it is Clueless About Transmissibility

WHO says it is clueless about the transmissibility and severity of Omicron

PGurus Newsdesk - November 29, 2021 1

Omicron variant transmissible? WHO not clear Scientists across the globe including the World Health Organization (WHO) are not yet clear whether the Omicron COVID-19 variant...

South Africa is in early days of new variant of COVID-19 & confirmed cases are still mostly concentrated in one province of SA, but it may have spread further

As the new variant of COVID-19 spreads, is the world back to square one?

PGurus Newsdesk - November 27, 2021 0

The new variant of COVID-19 Omicron B.1.1.529 more infectious than Delta South Africa is in the early days of the New variant of covid-19 and...

For the study, the researchers tracked the reproduction rate of Omicron variant BF.7 in Beijing in November and December

Around 92% population in Beijing to get Covid by January 31: Study

PGurus Newsdesk - January 24, 2023 1

Nearly 76% of people in Beijing had contracted COVID-19 as of December 22 According to a new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Medicine,...