A drive-through testing centre in South Africa, where there has been a surge in cases South Africa was where the new Omicron variant was first identified, and cases there have taken off rapidly.
Less than a week after the first case of Omicron was reported, travel restrictions targeting the greater South African Region have been imposed. The strain poses a new challenge to medical ...
The strain is a subvariant of Omicron, and was found in Germany this June, with other cases reported in Denmark, U.S. and U.K. Janis Ramsay is an online editor with Metroland. Reach her at ...
Read on to know what makes this Omicron variant so dangerous in nature. As per reports, the Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5, also known as the Kraken variant is currently circulating in over 38 ...
Upon authorization by the European Commission, the Omicron KP.2-adapted COVID-19 vaccine will be available for individuals 6 months of age and ...
Early signs suggest the Omicron Covid variant is more transmissible than the current Delta strain, No 10 has said. But the prime minister's official spokesman added it was still too early to draw ...
“There were too many positive cases,” the source said. Omicron outbreak proves the need for vaccines Respiratory medicine expert Dr Leung Chi-chiu agreed that the rapid growth of cases had ...
Health chiefs have warned that it — or another Omicron sub-lineage nicknamed the 'Kraken' — could soon become dominant. With both Kraken and Orthrus surging in the UK - we have put ...
The Omicron variant of Covid is less likely to result in hospitalisation, studies have shown. Case rates are rising across the UK, with new restrictions being introduced in many areas. Two new ...
The XEC variant is a hybrid of the earlier omicron subvariants KS.1.1 and KP.3.3, which is currently dominant in Europe. But XEC’s mutations could help it spread more easily this autumn ...