(VOVWORLD) - A highly mutated COVID variant called BA.2.86 has now been detected in Switzerland and South Africa in addition to Israel, Denmark, the U.S. and the U.K....
(VOVWORLD) -The capital has detected cases of the Omicron sub-variant XBB.1.9.1, which is rapidly transmissible with mild clinical course, the Hanoi Department of Health has announced
(VOVWORLD) -India detected 11 Omicron sub-variants in international passengers who arrived in the country between December 24 and January 3, the Indian Ministry of Health said on Thursday
(VOVWORLD) -The appearance of XBB, an offshoot of Omicron, the highly transmissible version of Covid, has been recorded in Ho Chi Minh City but it has a low infection rate...
(VOVWORLD) - The WHO director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on Friday that there are now more than 500 highly transmissible Omicron sub-lineages circulating – all able to get around built-up...
(VOVWORLD) -The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-lineage BA.5 has entered Vietnam and may overwhelm the old sub-lineage BA.2 which is dominant in the country, according to Prof....
(VOVWORLD) - Pfizer and BioNTech on Saturday announced positive data evaluating the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of their two Omicron-adapted COVID-19 vaccine candidates
(VOVWORLD) - The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV2 virus is as severe as previous variants, according to a preprint version of a large US study that counters assumptions in other...
(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam has not yet recorded two new sub-variants of Omicron, BA.4 and BA.5, the Department of Preventive Medicine said after the World Health Organization announced on...
(VOVWORLD) - A sub-variant of the highly transmissible Omicron version of coronavirus known as BA.2 is now dominant worldwide, prompting surges in many countries in Europe and Asia and...
(VOVWORLD) - The World Health Organization said it strongly supports urgent and broad access to COVID-19 vaccines for primary series and booster doses, particularly for groups at risk of developing severe disease...
(VOVWORLD) -Survey in England showed 78.6% of Covid 19 patients there last December were affected by Omicron and 21.4% by Delta variants. Death rates among Omicron infected people...
(VOVWORLD) - Japanese scientists say the Omicron variant of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) may survive on plastic and skin significantly longer than earlier versions of...
(VOVWORLD) -Omicron BA.2 sub-variant that scientists call "stealth Omicron" has been detected in 57 countries, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday
(VOVWORLD) - Merck and partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics said on Friday six lab studies showed their experimental oral COVID-19 drug molnupiravir was active against the fast-spreading Omicron variant
(VOVWORLD) - The International Monetary Fund downgraded its global economic growth forecast for this year to 4.4% in its latest World Economic Outlook on Tuesday, 0.5% lower than its...
(VOVWORLD) - The Omicron variant has moved the COVID-19 pandemic into a new phase and could bring it to an end in Europe
(VOVWORLD) - The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus will impact US economic growth in the coming months, but may not stop the recovery of the world's number one...
(VOVWORLD) -Three local residents of Ho Chi Minh City have tested positive for the Omicron variant in the community, said doctors of Hospital April 30 under the Ministry of Public...
(VOVWORLD) - Israel will continue to offer a fourth COVID-19 vaccine shot despite preliminary findings that it is not enough to prevent Omicron infections, a senior health official said on Tuesday...