NeoCov’s potential danger to humans requires further study: WHO
Geneva | Chinese researchers have detected a new type of coronavirus among bats in South Africa. While research claims it has...
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No guarantee that future Covid variants will be less severe: WHO
Geneva | The next Covid-19 variant that will rise will be more contagious than Omicron, but there's no guarantee that the...
Omicron can survive 8 days on plastic, 21 hours on skin: Study
Tokyo | The highly contagious Omicron variant of Covid-19 can survive upto eight days on plastic and 21 hours on...
Israeli study shows 4th dose not enough against Omicron
Jerusalem | After becoming the first country to roll out a fourth dose of Covid vaccine, a study conducted in Israel...
Omicron 91% less likely to cause death in infected patients: CDC
Washington | The Omicron variant is significantly less severe than other strains of Covid-19, according to a report from the US...
57-year-old US man gets pig heart in world-first transplant
New York | In a rare medical feat, the US doctors have successfully transplanted a genetically-modified pig heart to a 57-year-old...
Cyprus detects new Covid variant – ‘Deltacron’
New Delhi | Cyprus has detected a new variant dubbed as "Deltacron", that has a similar genetic background to the Delta...
Omicron 105% more transmissible than Delta: Study
Paris | The Omicron Covid-19 variant may be 105 per cent more transmissible than Delta, according to a research by French...
Omicron not mild, hospitalising and killing people: WHO chief
Geneva | While Omicron does appear to be less severe compared to Delta, especially in those vaccinated, it does not mean...
Covid-19: US sees record rise in kids getting hospitalised
Washington | Increasing number of children in the US are getting hospitalised with Covid-19 than ever before, even as the country...
