Big data used to analyze large COVID-19 datasets
COVID-19 persists around the globe with new variants of higher virulence and severity. People aged 60 and older who are unvaccinated or who have not been vaccinated for at least…
Hyper-mutated Omicron variant BA.2.86 spreads across the globe
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.…
Mainland China, Hong Kong, S. Korea see Omicron surge, hospitalizations, deaths
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…
NYC reports 30% of new Coronavirus cases are the Omicron BA.2 variant
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,…
UK COVID-19 cases rise sharply, expected to peak in April
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…
UK study confirms lower risk of death from Omicron vs Delta
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.…
Omicron resists most monoclonal antibody treatments, studies suggest
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…
UK and South African studies suggest fewer hospitalizations due to Omicron
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…
US Army produces single vaccine to combat all COVID-19 variants – including Omicron
Research scientists working for the United States Army have developed a vaccine that is effective against COVID-19 and all its variants – including Omicron. The vaccine is also expected to…
Norwegian outbreak follow-up: no one boosted, no hospitalizations
A Christmas party in Oslo that led to Europe’s biggest Omicron outbreak shows rapid spread of the virus, short incubation, high breakthrough rate, but mild to moderate symptoms and no…