Why India has not witnessed any surge in COVID-19 cases for months
Daily COVID-19 cases in India are low despite the newer Omicron subvariants, recombinants possessing greater immune escape and transmissibility The
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Is Omicron variant XBB.1.5’s superior binding causing higher transmissibility?
XBB.1.5 is the most transmissible variant that has been detected yet, and it has already spread to over 29 countries so far
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Sooner or later, India has to develop Omicron-based boosters
Vaccines based on Omicron variants are better than the ones based on the ancestral strain, but the older vaccines are still effective
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Scaling up the pace of COVID-19 genome sequencing
Three years after strict enforcement of its Zero-COVID strategy, China abandoned it abruptly, leading to a jump in cases each
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Time to ease COVID-19 restrictions
As the third winter begins in India after the COVID-19 pandemic began in January 2020, fresh daily infections of the novel coronavirus —
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Mumbai measles outbreak due to low vaccination coverage
Evidence from elsewhere suggests that unvaccinated children have nearly 70% higher mortality risk compared with vaccinated children
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‘Substantial’ pre-symptomatic monkeypox spread found
Case-contact patient pairs study has estimated 53% of monkeypox virus transmission occurred during the pre-symptomatic phase
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Vaccine trial soon amid fear of Ebola virus spread to other countries
Currently there are no vaccines available for the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus
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Corbevax booster should be a vaccine of choice
Due to faulty clinical trial design, the superiority of Corbevax heterologous booster over homologous boosters is not known On January
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Walking a tightrope in messaging monkeypox virus transmission routes
Public health communication about different routes of transmission of monkeypox virus is critical, especially as demographics can change
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Two monkeypox cases in India not linked to Europe
The genetic sequences of monkeypox virus strongly suggested that there were two distinct monkeypox outbreaks
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Time for vigilance as India detects monkeypox cases
Increased testing and building awareness, not stigmatising the infected, can stop the spread of monkeypox
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What is causing a surge in COVID-19 cases in India?
In addition to BA.4 and BA.5, India and about half-a-dozen other countries have reported BA.2.75, which is a new sub-lineage of Omicron
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