Meeting between Mandaviya, senior health officials underway on Omicron new sub-variants

Oct 18, 2022

New Delhi [India], October 18 : A meeting between Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya along with senior health officials regarding the emergence of Omicron's...

India detects 11 COVID-19 Omicron sub-variants in international passengers between Dec 24-Jan 3

Jan 05, 2023

Eleven Omicron sub-variants were found during testing of international travellers and all these variants earlier reported as present in the country, the sources said. A...

COVID-19 has never been zero but surveillance and testing scaled up: ICMR NIV Director

Jun 19, 2025

COVID-19 cases in India are declining after a recent peak, with the Nimbus variant from Singapore detected. ICMR-NIV reports mild symptoms from Omicron sub-variants....

BA.4, BA.5 are quite mild, behaving like other Omicron sub-variants: Expert

May 31, 2022

New Delhi [India], May 31 : As India has been witnessing the subvariants of Omicron, Dr Tarun Kumar Sahni, Internal medicine and hyperbaric Oxygen...

Ahead of 20th Party Congress, China detects new Omicron sub-variants in fresh COVID flareup

Oct 11, 2022

Beijing [China], October 11 : New Omicron sub-variants BF.7 and BA.5.1.7, which are highly infectious with greater transmissibility have been detected in China, in...

Omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants of COVID-19 will not lead to surge in cases but stay vigilant, says Expert

May 24, 2022

New Delhi [India], May 24 : After India witnessed cases of the sub-variants of Omicron, Dr Rajeev Jayadevan, co-chairman of the Indian Medical Association's...