Amid emergence of a new Omicron sub-lineage, experts call for updating the booster policy in India . They say that the current policy is not making the best use...
Scientists at the National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis are looking to launch a study to provide BCG revaccination to kids and adolescents aged 6-18 y...
No new variant but severity, hospitalisation being monitored: NCDC on surge in COVID cases economictimes.indiatimes.com
Even though COVID-19 cases are surging in the country but the severity and hospitalisation is being monitored as no new variant has been reported, the Director ...
Sanofi, GSK variant-specific Covid-19 shot found effective against Omicron economictimes.indiatimes.com
Late-stage data on an experimental COVID-19 vaccine from Sanofi and GSK has showed the shot confers protection against the Omicron variant of the virus, the com...
Omicron's BA-5 sub-variant may be behind Tamil Nadu's rising Covid cases: Government economictimes.indiatimes.com
The presence of Omicron 's BA-5 sub-variant may be the reason for the sudden spike in cases in Tamil Nadu , the state Public Health and Preventive Medicine Depa...
The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is less likely to cause long COVID than the Delta strain, according to a study published in The Lancet journal. Long...
Latest data from SARS-CoV-2 genome sequencing in the country has not shown emergence of any new variant of the coronavirus, and the BA.2 sub-lineage of the Omic...