In a series of tweets, Eric Feigl-Ding, an epidemiologist and health economist said that apart from BF.7, the most virulent strain that is steering cases in the USA is the XBB.1.5 variant of coronavirus.
From monkeypox spreading its tentacles across the states in India and globally, to the sudden surge in the daily COVID-19 cases across Europe, take a quick look at the top headlines of the day. Stay connected with us for more health news updates.
This comes at a time when there are rising speculations about a possible fourth wave of COVID-19 in the country.
According to the Union Health Ministry's latest data, the active COVID-19 cases in India rose to 109,568 on Sunday.
As per the Health Ministry, the country's daily positivity rate stands at 4.39 per cent, whereas its weekly positivity rate is reported as 3.30 per cent.
The deadly coronavirus pandemic is not over yet, get you jab as early as possible, the Centre warned on Monday amid sudden spike in cases.
On Tuesday, Maharashtra recorded a total of 266 new coronavirus infections, more than double the 129 cases recorded a day earlier, taking the infection tally of the state to 78,81,235.
In its latest report, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has informed that India has logged 2,202 new cases of COVID infections in the last 24 hours.
Will there be another wave of COVID-19 in the country? What will be the impact and how will it affect the country? Let's hear it from the experts.
Is the current surge in COVID cases a sign of the fourth wave in India? Read on to find out!
In a report, IIT Kanpur researchers have stated that India will be hit by the fourth wave of COVID-19 in the month of June.
Delhi is the worst hit at the moment. In just one day, the city registered over 1k new cases of COVID infections. Follow TheHealthSite.com for all the latest updates on COVID-19.
After fighting the COVID virus for over two years, the country was finally seeing a dip in COVID cases, however, in the last few days, the cases have again gone up in the city.
On Monday, the country registered 1,247 new cases of infection, taking the country's total tally to 4,30,45,527.
Following a sudden spike in cases, several nearby districts have brought back the face mask mandate. Follow TheHealthSite.com for all the latest updates on COVID-19.
As COVID cases rise in several parts of the country, government is considering to make masks compulsory.
A new Omicron mutant XE was detected in the UK on January 19. The WHO in its latest report, said that the XE recombinant (BA.1-BA.2) has over 600 sequences.
Maharashtra was the worst-hit state in the ferocious second wave of COVID-19 which swept the country in early 2021.
The highly contagious BA.2 Omicron variant of COVID-19 is the current dominant strain globally, accounting for a fresh surge across Asia and European countries.
Omicron (BA.1), the highly mutated version of COVID-19 has mutated further to form another contagious strain BA.2, the current dominant variant globally.
A senior epidemiologist at AIIMS said that already more than 1,000 mutations have occurred to SARS-CoV-2. Out of which only five variants are of concern.
In a series of tweets, Eric Feigl-Ding, an epidemiologist and health economist said that apart from BF.7, the most virulent strain that is steering cases in the USA is the XBB.1.5 variant of coronavirus.
From monkeypox spreading its tentacles across the states in India and globally, to the sudden surge in the daily COVID-19 cases across Europe, take a quick look at the top headlines of the day. Stay connected with us for more health news updates.
This comes at a time when there are rising speculations about a possible fourth wave of COVID-19 in the country.
According to the Union Health Ministry's latest data, the active COVID-19 cases in India rose to 109,568 on Sunday.
As per the Health Ministry, the country's daily positivity rate stands at 4.39 per cent, whereas its weekly positivity rate is reported as 3.30 per cent.
The deadly coronavirus pandemic is not over yet, get you jab as early as possible, the Centre warned on Monday amid sudden spike in cases.
On Tuesday, Maharashtra recorded a total of 266 new coronavirus infections, more than double the 129 cases recorded a day earlier, taking the infection tally of the state to 78,81,235.
In its latest report, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has informed that India has logged 2,202 new cases of COVID infections in the last 24 hours.
Will there be another wave of COVID-19 in the country? What will be the impact and how will it affect the country? Let's hear it from the experts.
Is the current surge in COVID cases a sign of the fourth wave in India? Read on to find out!
In a report, IIT Kanpur researchers have stated that India will be hit by the fourth wave of COVID-19 in the month of June.
Delhi is the worst hit at the moment. In just one day, the city registered over 1k new cases of COVID infections. Follow TheHealthSite.com for all the latest updates on COVID-19.
After fighting the COVID virus for over two years, the country was finally seeing a dip in COVID cases, however, in the last few days, the cases have again gone up in the city.
On Monday, the country registered 1,247 new cases of infection, taking the country's total tally to 4,30,45,527.
Following a sudden spike in cases, several nearby districts have brought back the face mask mandate. Follow TheHealthSite.com for all the latest updates on COVID-19.
As COVID cases rise in several parts of the country, government is considering to make masks compulsory.
A new Omicron mutant XE was detected in the UK on January 19. The WHO in its latest report, said that the XE recombinant (BA.1-BA.2) has over 600 sequences.
Maharashtra was the worst-hit state in the ferocious second wave of COVID-19 which swept the country in early 2021.
The highly contagious BA.2 Omicron variant of COVID-19 is the current dominant strain globally, accounting for a fresh surge across Asia and European countries.
Omicron (BA.1), the highly mutated version of COVID-19 has mutated further to form another contagious strain BA.2, the current dominant variant globally.
A senior epidemiologist at AIIMS said that already more than 1,000 mutations have occurred to SARS-CoV-2. Out of which only five variants are of concern.
