Coronavirus Variants

India saw ‘281% increase in Covid cases’ in just 14 days since XBB 1.16 variant was detected Livemint.com07:33
India registering big Covid spike. Dangerous XBB 1.16 variant could be behind it. Here's all… The Times of India05:42
India logs 699 Covid cases, 2 deaths in one day, govt monitoring new variant Livemint.com13:10
TN man who died of Covid was infected with Omicron XBB variant The New Indian Express11:05
Explained | Xbb.1.16, the Omicron recombinant behind India’s new Covid spike The Hindu09:50
New Covid variant found in India The Telegraph, Calcutta05:57
XBB1.16 is pushing up Covid cases but no alarming severity yet: experts The Hindu11:19

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XBB.1.16 has potential to drive fresh Covid wave? Former AIIMS director answers Hindustan Times11:52

In the last 4 hours

XBB.1.16 variant likely a 'new kid on the block', says Dr Randeep Guleria Livemint.com10:22

XBB.1.16 variant 'new kid on the block', could be driving recent rise in Covid cases: Randeep Guleria Oneindia09:25

In the last 6 hours

FDA Mulls Next Round Of Covid Shots As Americans Wonder What To Do Next Kaiser Health News08:52

In the last 8 hours

Egypt receives over 650,000 doses of Pfizer's covid Omicron boosters Ahram Online06:16

Earlier today

One year after the first shot, pharma must urgently “share the tech” of COVID-19 vaccines MSF Access Campaign04:34

Hostelworld returns to profitable growth as Omicron effect recedes The Irish Times04:06

Yesterday

Next-gen Mpro inhibitor: Promising new drug candidate against Omicron and other SARS-CoV-2 variants News-Medical.Net22:13 21-Mar-23

The effectiveness of mRNA vaccines during Omicron BA.4/5 predominance News-Medical.Net20:42 21-Mar-23

US FDA to soon decide on second round of Omicron-tailored boosters -- report GMA News18:51 21-Mar-23

Covid update: Prolonged Covid is less prevalent after Omicron variant Charleston City Paper17:17 21-Mar-23

People who catch Omicron are less likely to get Long Covid Science Magazine16:03 21-Mar-23

COVID-19 cases up in Tamil Nadu, flu is declining : Health Minister The Hindu14:11 21-Mar-23

India logs 699 Covid cases, 2 deaths in one day, govt monitoring new variant Livemint.com13:10 21-Mar-23

FDA close to a decision on whether to authorize a second round of updated omicron-targeting COVID booster: WSJ MarketWatch11:37 21-Mar-23

FDA May Authorize Additional Covid-19 Booster Shots Livemint.com11:34 21-Mar-23

U.S. FDA to soon decide on second round of Omicron-tailored boosters - WSJ Reuters11:23 21-Mar-23

TN man who died of Covid was infected with Omicron XBB variant The New Indian Express11:05 21-Mar-23

First individual infected by two Omicron subvariants reported on Chinese mainland Global Times10:18 21-Mar-23

Explained | XBB.1.16, the Omicron recombinant behind India’s new COVID spike The Hindu09:50 21-Mar-23

92 COVID-19 Omicron cases confirmed in March 13-19 week Stiripesurse.ro07:45 21-Mar-23

DOH: 711 new cases of omicron subvariants detected ABS-CBNnews.com04:17 21-Mar-23

Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 accounts for over 90 pct new COVID-19 cases in U.S. People's Daily00:02 21-Mar-23

In the last 7 days

Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 accounts for over 90% new Covid cases in US The Economic Times21:32 20-Mar-23

Enhanced recombination among omicron variants shown contributes to viral immune escape, finds… Medical Xpress16:56 20-Mar-23

Gennova Biopharma seeks DCGI nod for its Omicron booster The Times of India16:01 20-Mar-23

Long COVID Easing? Wyoming Bans Abortion Pills; Hep A Outbreak Tied to Strawberries Medpage Today15:41 20-Mar-23

Enhanced recombination is a shot in the arm for SARS-CoV-2: IISc researchers The Hindu12:53 20-Mar-23

XBB1.16 is pushing up COVID cases but no alarming severity yet: experts The Hindu11:19 20-Mar-23

China Reports First Case of Dual Infection by 2 Omicron Subvariants The Epoch Times11:12 20-Mar-23

COVID-19 variant XBB 1.16 cases rise in India; guidelines revised NewsBytes11:11 20-Mar-23

Enhanced recombination is a shot in the arm for SARS-CoV-2: IISc study The Times of India09:06 20-Mar-23

Structural characteristics of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron lineages BA.1 and BA.2 virions Nature.com07:17 20-Mar-23

425 people get the Covid shot in the past week Stiripesurse.ro06:59 20-Mar-23

Study reports Covid-19 mRNA vaccines protective during Omicron prevalence European Pharmaceutical Manufacturer05:40 20-Mar-23

Our Vaccine Effective Against Every Covid Variant, Says Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya … News18.com05:01 20-Mar-23

China Reports First Case of Duel Infection by 2 Omicron Subvariants The Epoch Times04:29 20-Mar-23

New SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB.1.5 variant has high transmissibility and infectivity, study finds News-Medical.Net02:19 20-Mar-23

'Flu-Like Symptoms': Don't Panic, Say Experts as 'More Aggressive' Variant Pushes Up Covid Graph News18.com01:38 20-Mar-23

XBB/XBB.1.5 subvariant of SARS-CoV-2 shows increased vaccine sensitivity News-Medical.Net22:24 19-Mar-23

XBB1.16 suspected to be driving cases in Karnataka: Experts The New Indian Express22:05 19-Mar-23

If you still haven’t had COVID, are you immune — or just lucky? San Francisco Chronicle11:21 19-Mar-23

Long-covid symptoms are less common now than earlier in the pandemic The Peninsula07:43 19-Mar-23

India registering big Covid spike. Dangerous XBB 1.16 variant could be behind it. Here's all… The Times of India05:42 19-Mar-23

Covid XBB 1.16 variant cases spike in India: Is new Covid variant life threatening? Know… DNA India02:33 19-Mar-23

Coronavirus: China reports first case of coinfection by two Omicron subvariants South China Morning Post10:41 18-Mar-23

Top news of the day: Donald Trump says he will be arrested as New York prosecutor eyes charges; INSACOG data shows 76… The Hindu09:54 18-Mar-23

Amid H3N2 flu, daily Covid cases in India cross 800 after 4 months; 76 samples of new XBB.1.16… DNA India09:37 18-Mar-23

India saw ‘281% increase in COVID cases’ in just 14 days since XBB 1.16 variant was detected Livemint.com07:33 18-Mar-23

China reports first case of coinfection by two Omicron subvariants South China Morning Post07:31 18-Mar-23

‘Must be seriously worried,’ experts caution as India reports 76 COVID XBB 1.16 variants Livemint.com06:43 18-Mar-23

76 samples of new Covid variant XBB 1.16 found in India The New Indian Express06:24 18-Mar-23

New Covid variant found in India The Telegraph, Calcutta05:57 18-Mar-23

76 samples of new COVID variant XBB1.16 found in India: INSACOG data The Hindu05:44 18-Mar-23

Analysis of well-annotated next-generation sequencing data reveals increasing cases of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection with… Nature.com05:40 18-Mar-23

Israel records two cases of new Covid-19 variant: Doctors say no need to panic Indian Express03:03 18-Mar-23

Do a Quarter of Kids Really Get Long Covid? It’s Complicated. Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance02:16 18-Mar-23

A look back to the detection of the first variant of concern, the Alpha variant COG-UK Consortium21:43 17-Mar-23

CDC Data Shows Omicron Subvariant XBB.1.5 Starting to Plateau at 90% of New COVID-19 Cases U.S. News & World Report18:00 17-Mar-23

Study Shows New York City Rats Carry SARS-CoV-2 American Society for Microbiology13:08 17-Mar-23

Progress Toward Effective Monoclonal Antibodies Treatments Against Covid-19 And Other Coronavirus Diseases Forbes11:15 17-Mar-23

COVID-19 roundup: Long COVID may be less likely after an omicron infection Advisory Board10:33 17-Mar-23

Omicron Less Likely Than Early Variants to Cause Symptoms of Long COVID-19 Pharmacy Times10:16 17-Mar-23

Africa: WHO Updates Conoravirus Variant Definitions as Virus 'Continues to Evolve' AllAfrica09:01 17-Mar-23

New Covid Variant Raises Alarm as H3N2 Flu Scares: How to Differentiate Between the Two? News18.com08:19 17-Mar-23

Getting less than 6 hours of sleep? How Covid-19 negatively impacted our sleep pattern Livemint.com07:57 17-Mar-23

No, Israel has NOT found two cases of a new variant of coronavirus The Business Standard07:21 17-Mar-23

Omicron XBB.1.5 variant highly transmissible and infectious, Lancet study shows Livemint.com06:56 17-Mar-23

Canada to drop mandatory Covid-19 tests for travellers from China AsiaOne01:43 17-Mar-23

Anti-Omicron antibodies are induced by hypermutation with ancestral BNT162b2 COVID vaccine News-Medical.Net23:41 16-Mar-23

Israel records 2 cases of unidentified new Covid variant: What we know so far Hindustan Times23:19 16-Mar-23

Real-world data on the effectiveness of Sotrovimab as a prophylactic against COVID-19 News-Medical.Net23:11 16-Mar-23

Research highlights the potential risk of secondary SARS-CoV-2 transmission from wild rats News-Medical.Net22:50 16-Mar-23

New covid variant: Israel discovers two cases of an unidentified variant Livemint.com22:27 16-Mar-23

A novel pan-sarbecovirus vaccine candidate neutralizes Omicron BQ.1.1 and XBB subvariants News-Medical.Net20:38 16-Mar-23

Research sheds light on protections against COVID-19 variant infections Newswise (Press Release)16:29 16-Mar-23

WHO tweaks Sars-CoV-2 variant tags, XBB.1.16 a VOI Hindustan Times14:36 16-Mar-23

“Project Fear”: leaked WhatsApp messages from former British health minister reveal plan to launch... The Rio Times14:35 16-Mar-23

Global COVID activity mixed as WHO updates variant tracking Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy14:18 16-Mar-23

Weekly COVID deaths, cases, data in Nova Scotia (Mar 16 update) The Coast14:10 16-Mar-23

‘XBB.1.16 behind fresh covid spike’ Livemint.com13:48 16-Mar-23

hVIVO manufactures human challenge agent for Omicron ShareCast13:20 16-Mar-23

Using an influenza surveillance system to estimate the number of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Beijing, China, weeks 2 to 6… Eurosurveillance12:40 16-Mar-23

World Health Organization updates variant names to track Omicron's rapid evolution CBC.ca12:39 16-Mar-23

Long COVID patients left behind Salon.com12:11 16-Mar-23

Preinfection Anti–SARS-CoV-2 Spike Antibody Titers and Omicron BA.5 Infection Protection Journal of American Medical Associations11:44 16-Mar-23

South Africa Puts Budget Under Strain With 7% Pay Increase Offer Bloomberg10:27 16-Mar-23

WHO updates tracking system for variants of SARS-CoV-2 News Diary Online10:12 16-Mar-23

Suffering from fever and cough? How do you know its H3N2 or new COVID variant XBB 1.16 Livemint.com06:51 16-Mar-23

All Vaccines Perform Worse Than Natural Immunity Against COVID: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis The Epoch Times06:28 16-Mar-23

Third wave of Omicron infections continues to subside with average of 8,804 new domestic cases daily in last week; CECC … Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (Press Release)04:56 16-Mar-23

Statement on the update of WHO’s working definitions and tracking system for SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern and… World Health Organisation (Press Release)04:52 16-Mar-23

hVIVO manufactures Omicron human challenge study Proactive Investors (UK)04:28 16-Mar-23

Interim analysis of COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against Severe Acute Respiratory Infection due to SARS-CoV-2 in… European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control04:26 16-Mar-23

Covid surge: THIS new variant likely responsible for fresh spike in India Livemint.com01:56 16-Mar-23

Booster vaccination with Ad26.COV2.S or an Omicron-adapted vaccine in pre-immune hamsters protects against Omicron BA.2 Nature.com01:41 16-Mar-23

Four COVID-19 booster doses most effective way to prevent critical Omicron BA.5 News-Medical.Net18:28 15-Mar-23

Multi-state study reports COVID-19 mRNA vaccines protective during omicron BA.4/BA.5… Medical Xpress16:12 15-Mar-23

New study from Japan shows SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB.1.5 variant is highly transmissible and infectious Newswise (Press Release)14:28 15-Mar-23

Pfizer (PFE) Gets FDA Nod for Bivalent COVID Jab in Infants Zacks14:07 15-Mar-23

Covid XBB 1.16 variant might lead new wave in India: Know symptoms, treatment, number of cases DNA India13:29 15-Mar-23

Estimated COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Effectiveness and Illness Severity During Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 Periods Journal of American Medical Associations11:52 15-Mar-23

FDA Grants Emergency Use Authorization to Pfizer-BioNTech Bivalent COVID-19 Booster in Children Under 5 Years Pharmacy Times10:07 15-Mar-23

SARS-CoV-2 omicron XBB.1.5 variant is highly transmissible and infectious, study shows Medical Xpress09:15 15-Mar-23

Pfizer/BioNTech’s Omicron-adapted booster approved by FDA for young children PMLiVE09:05 15-Mar-23

Covid-19 Surge in India: Experts Say This Variant Could be The Reason News18.com08:40 15-Mar-23

Antigenic characterization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants XBB.1.5, BQ.1, BQ.1.1, BF.7 and BA.2.75.2 Nature.com05:19 15-Mar-23

Do a Quarter of Kids Really Get Long Covid? Undark03:45 15-Mar-23

Why NZ should prepare for another bumper flu season New Zealand Herald02:35 15-Mar-23

Editorial: Japan must prepare to avoid medical strain after downgrading COVID The Mainichi02:30 15-Mar-23

Dom’s biggest Covid regret as premier The West Australian00:36 15-Mar-23

In the last month

No lab had virus similar enough to Covid to spark pandemic, zoologist says Stuff.co.nz20:07 14-Mar-23

Comparative effectiveness of BNT162b2 versus mRNA-1273 covid-19 vaccine boosting in England: matched cohort study in… British Medical Journal20:00 14-Mar-23

FDA authorizes Pfizer's Covid omicron booster as fourth shot for kids under 5 CNBC18:24 14-Mar-23

Key points from the new COVID-19 trajectory forecast Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation18:24 14-Mar-23

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