India detects 11 COVID-19 Omicron sub-variants in international passengers between Dec 24-Jan 3

Jan 05, 2023

Eleven Omicron sub-variants were found during testing of international travellers and all these variants earlier reported as present in the country, the sources said. A...

Meeting between Mandaviya, senior health officials underway on Omicron new sub-variants

Oct 18, 2022

New Delhi [India], October 18 : A meeting between Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya along with senior health officials regarding the emergence of Omicron's...

BA.4, BA.5 are quite mild, behaving like other Omicron sub-variants: Expert

May 31, 2022

New Delhi [India], May 31 : As India has been witnessing the subvariants of Omicron, Dr Tarun Kumar Sahni, Internal medicine and hyperbaric Oxygen...

Ahead of 20th Party Congress, China detects new Omicron sub-variants in fresh COVID flareup

Oct 11, 2022

Beijing [China], October 11 : New Omicron sub-variants BF.7 and BA.5.1.7, which are highly infectious with greater transmissibility have been detected in China, in...

Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants of COVID-19 will not lead to surge in cases but stay vigilant, says Expert

May 24, 2022

New Delhi [India], May 24 : After India witnessed cases of the sub-variants of Omicron, Dr Rajeev Jayadevan, co-chairman of the Indian Medical Association's...

Omicron, sub-lineages circulating predominantly in India: Sources

Aug 06, 2022

New Delhi [India], August 6 : The Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG), in a weekly meeting, reviewed the data of genomic surveillance of variants...