Experts eyeing latest Omicron type for immune evasion
As has been the case with previous newcomers in the Omicron lineage, it seems highly unlikely that the hyper-mutated BA.2.86 variant will trigger more severe illness. However, it’s not yet…
As has been the case with previous newcomers in the Omicron lineage, it seems highly unlikely that the hyper-mutated BA.2.86 variant will trigger more severe illness. However, it’s not yet…
A new hyper-mutated variant BA.2.86 has been detected in Israel, Denmark the UK, the USA, South Africa and Canada. It has also been detected in wastewater in Switzerland and Thailand.…
There’s an ongoing increase in the number of Coronavirus cases – driven by the Omicron BA.2 variant – in countries that had earlier managed to largely control spread of the…
The more transmissible version of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus known as BA.2 now accounts for about 30 percent of new cases in New York City, health officials said,…
The United Kingdom reported a further 90,349 COVID-19 cases on Friday, driven largely by the BA.2 Omicron variant. Around 5.6 per cent of people in London had tested positive in…
Geographical clustering of the earliest known COVID-19 cases and the proximity of positive environmental samples to live animal vendors suggest that the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China –…
The risk of dying from COVID-19 was 67% lower for people infected with the Omicron variant compared to the earlier Delta strain, a study, yet to be peer-reviewed, has found.…
South African researchers have discovered that the Omicron infection enhances neutralizing immunity against the Delta strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, suggesting that Omicron will help push Delta out, and decrease…
Preliminary experiments suggest that most of the antibody treatments for the disease are powerless against Omicron, 1, 2, 3, 4. Several publications posted on preprint servers report laboratory evidence that…
Studies from the United Kingdom and South Africa suggest fewer people are being hospitalized after being infected by the Omicron variant of COVID-19 than prior strains of the virus. It…