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Omicron 105% more transmissible than Delta: Study

Omicron 105% more transmissible than Delta: Study

🕔15:31, 9.Jan 2022

Paris, Jan 9 (IANS) The Omicron Covid-19 variant may be 105 per cent more transmissible than Delta, according to a research by French scientists. The study, published on the medRxiv site and yet to be peer-reviewed, analysed 131,478 tests in France

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Centre advises states to follow five-fold strategy amid Omicron scare

Centre advises states to follow five-fold strategy amid Omicron scare

🕔19:06, 23.Dec 2021

New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) The Centre on Thursday advised states and UTs to not let their guard down and maintain their preparedness in fight against Covid pandemic and to follow five-fold strategy in view of the new variant Omicron. The

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Novel test identifies antibody effectiveness against Delta, Omicron

Novel test identifies antibody effectiveness against Delta, Omicron

🕔22:59, 4.Dec 2021

New York, Dec 4 (IANS) A team of researchers has devised a test that could measure patient immunity against multiple Covid-19 variants such as Omicron and Delta at once and inform which synthetic monoclonal antibody to use for treatments. The findings

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Delta variant still responsible for 99% of Covid cases globally: WHO

Delta variant still responsible for 99% of Covid cases globally: WHO

🕔15:27, 29.Nov 2021

Washington, Nov 29 (IANS) While the world is on high alert due to the new Omicron Covid strain, Delta variant continues to be a major cause of the pandemic contributing to 99 per cent of cases, the World Health Organisation (WHO)

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New sub-lineage of Delta variant found in Sri Lanka

New sub-lineage of Delta variant found in Sri Lanka

🕔06:44, 20.Nov 2021

Colombo, Nov 19 (IANS) A new sub-lineage of Covid-19 Delta variant has been found in Sri Lanka, medical experts said on Friday. Chandima Jeewandara, Director in the Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine, said that a new sub-lineage named B.1.617.2.104 has

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US growth slows amid supply chain disruptions, labour shortages, Delta surge

US growth slows amid supply chain disruptions, labour shortages, Delta surge

🕔11:50, 21.Oct 2021

Washington, Oct 21 US economic growth slowed from mid-August through September, constrained by supply chain disruptions, labour shortages, and a Delta variant-fuelled Covid resurgence, according to a Federal Reserve survey. “Outlooks for near-term economic activity remained positive, overall, but some

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IMF cuts India growth to 9.5% due to Covid Delta, but it retains top spot

IMF cuts India growth to 9.5% due to Covid Delta, but it retains top spot

🕔18:48, 27.Jul 2021

United Nations, July 27  The Delta variant-spurred Covid-19 second wave has shaved off 3 per cent from the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) previous projection for India’s economic growth for fiscal year 2021-22, pegging it now at 9.5 per cent, but

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‘Early stages’ of Covid’s third wave, warns WHO chief

‘Early stages’ of Covid’s third wave, warns WHO chief

🕔19:16, 15.Jul 2021

Geneva, July 15 (IANS) The world is now in the early stages of a third wave, amid rising cases of Covid’s Delta variant, World Health Organisation Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said. The spread of the Delta variant, along with

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