FLiRT— a new COVID-19 variant, is on surge in US
# Experts warned that the variety is transmissible. JNS: The United States is experiencing a surge in a new COVID-19 variant known as FLiRT, raising concerns about a potential summer wave of infections. The FLiRT variants, including KP.2, have emerged…
XBB1.5 strain of coronavirus reportedly found in India
JNS: XBB1.5 strain of coronavirus, which has been responsible for the recent spike in cases in the United States, was reportedly found in India on Friday. JP Weiland was the first to notice XBB.1.5 a few weeks ago. It is the sublineage of the Omicron…
China stops publishing daily Covid data as leaked document suggests 25 crore fresh cases in 20 days
JNS: China may have seen 248 million people, or nearly 17.65 percent of the total population, contract COVID-19 during the first 20 days of December, a leaked document revealed. According to estimates from the government’s top health authority,…
“Reduce Covishield vaccine gap” : NTAGI
JNS: Amidst rising COVID cases in European and few Asian countries, the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) has recommended reducing the gap between the first and second dose of Covid vaccine Covishield to 8 to 16 weeks. At present,…
COVID-19 restrictions extended till 28 February
JNS: The ongoing COVID-19 restrictions have been extended till 28 February. It stated in an order released by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). The MHA also asked the states not to let their guard down as cases decline, but new variants continue to…
Confusion over the “booster dose” leaves elderly people under stress
by Ashis Sinha # Elderly person who has completed both vaccine doses is only eligible for the booster dose of the vaccine. “The prioritization and sequencing of this precaution dose would be based on the completion of 9 months (39 weeks) from the date of…
Omicron cases cross 4K mark in India
JNS: Around 4,461 cases of Omicron variant of Covid-19 have been reported so far in the country. Out of these total cases, 1,552 patients have already been recovered and migrated. Maximum number of cases, 1,247 has been reported from Maharashtra followed…
WHO warns of tsunami of Covid cases
by Ashis Sinha World Health Organization (WHO) has warned for a deadly tsunami of COVID-19 cases due to the simultaneous circulation of Delta and Omicron strains. WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said, the threats of the two variants,…
India approves 2 more Vaccines, 1 Pill to fight against COVID
by Ashis Sinha Two more vaccinations and one antiviral medicine have received emergency use authorization from the Government of India to help fight the continuing Covid-19 outbreak, informed health minister Mansukh Mandaviya. “CDSCO, health ministry has…
Delhi government sounds Yellow Alert
JNS I New Delhi: The Delhi government has been sounded ‘Yellow Alert’ in view of the rising COVID-19 cases; schools, colleges, cinema halls, spas, gyms, multiplexes, banquet halls, auditoriums and sports complexes have been closed in the national capital…