N. Korea Confirms 1st Case Of Omicron Variant Of COVID-19 – Yonhap News Agency

Tamil Nadu Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ma Subramanian said the 19-year-old woman detected with the new variant was visited by top health officials on Friday. She has recovered and was doing fine, he said. “Those who came in contact with her were not affected. Heath Secretary J Radhakrishnan...

Researchers in Japan say the percentage of people who develop aftereffects from the coronavirus Omicron variant is about one-tenth of the level among those infected with other variants. The group interviewed 53 people in their 20s to 80s who had been hospitalized by early February after contracting the Omicron variant...

HomeDaily FeedContact tracing to continue after Omicron variant cases detected, says Defensor Last updated May 22, 2022 Contact tracing will continue for the two confirmed cases of the Omicron subvariant BA.2.12.1 in the province, Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. said. “We will just execute the contact tracing and execute the...

Manila, May 22 (IANS): The Philippines has detected the Covid-19 Omicron sub-variant BA.4 in a Filipino citizen who flew in from the Middle East earlier this month, the Department of Health (DOH) said. The DOH said the asymptomatic patient, who arrived in the country on May 4, tested positive for...

We've all heard about new Omicron subvariants with such original names as BA.2, BA.4 and BA.5. The recent proliferation of Omicron variants begs the question: is Covid-19 mutating faster than ever before? And what does this all mean for the future of the virus? Virus evolution expert Dr Sebastian Duchene's...

The country has detected a case of the Omicron subvariant BA.4, considered a variant of concern which can either spread faster or cause more severe illness by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control. The Department of Health said the Filipino who flew in from the Middle East arrived...