Variants do not always evolve to become less virulent
Since transmission begins before symptoms set in and the disease becomes severe, its characteristic is decoupled from disease
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omicron
Why Omicron sub-lineage BA.2 spreads faster than BA.1
A few studies are now discovering that BA.2 sub-lineage has even higher propensity than BA.1 to spread among people
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IGIB develops future-proof primers, kits for RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2
The pool of primers has been developed to target regions of the virus which are unlikely to undergo mutations
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Faster spread of Omicron is not due to higher viral load
Omicron has replaced the Delta variant, which was considered highly transmissible, in almost every country across the world
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COVID-19: Even if mild, Omicron variant can overwhelming health-care settings
Huge percentage of the population in India got infected when the Delta variant raged through the country. Studies from other
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COVID-19: India should prepare for the worst with Omicron
The World Health Organization said the number of COVID-19 cases recorded globally shot up by 11% last week (December 20-26)
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Is the current testing, sequencing strategy missing Omicron cases in India?
A November 30, 2021 circular from the health ministry clearly mentions that effective December 1, all passengers arriving from specified
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COVID-19: New Omicron sub-lineage may not further increase transmissibility
Now, based on genome sequence data, scientists have identified a sub-lineage — BA.2 — of Omicron. As a result, the
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How the idea of COVID-19 vaccine protection changed in one year
On this day last year (December 11, 2020), Pfizer’s vaccine for COVID-19 was granted an emergency use authorisation, and exactly
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Does the Omicron variant make a case for COVID-19 booster doses?
At a recent meeting, the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation maintained that it was not recommending a booster dose
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Groping in the dark on COVID-19 booster doses
Even when clamour from a few States for booster doses increased once the new variant with higher transmissibility causing a
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Criticised if delayed in sharing COVID-19 data, punished for diligently posting data
After the first infection by a new variant — it has 32 mutations in the spike protein alone — was
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