Covid-19: Myanmar logs 31 cases of Omicron sub-variant

Mar 18, 2022

Yangon [Myanmar], March 18 (ANI/Xinhua): Myanmar confirmed its first batch of 31 cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant's BA.2 sub-lineage on Friday, the Ministry...

Omicron BA.2 sub-lineage insufficiently studied to measure difference from original: EMA

Feb 03, 2022

Brussels [Belgium], February 3 (ANI/Sputnik): The subvariant of the Omicron strain of the coronavirus dubbed BA.2 requires further study to understand to what extent...

What is Omicron's XBB.1.5 Sub-variant? Should India be worried?

Jan 03, 2023

According to Dr Rajeev Jayadevan, Co-chairman of the National IMA Covid task force, XBB.1.5 is an upgraded version of XBB, a recombinant sub-lineage of...

Nepal confirms cases of Omicron sub-variant JN1

Jan 08, 2024

Nepal on Monday confirmed cases of Omicron sub-variant JN1.

'Three doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine neutralizes Omicron variant'

Dec 09, 2021

New York [US]/Mainz [Germany], December 9 : A preliminary laboratory study demonstrated that three doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine neutralize the Omicron variant...

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...