Omicron subvariant BA.2 likely to have same severity as 'original' - WHO

The emerging BA.2 form of the Omicron coronavirus variant does not seem to be any more severe than the original BA.1 form, an official of the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. Vaccines also continue to provide similar protection against t..

UAE suspends inbound flights from 7 countries over coronavirus variants

The travel ban will take effect from Monday, November 29 The UAE on Friday suspended inbound flights from South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Lesotho and Eswatini due to concerns over the spread of COVID-19 variants. The..

Israeli PM warns of state of emergency due to new coronavirus variant

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met health experts on Friday to discuss how best to respond to a new variant of the coronavirus that has been detected in South Africa that he said was more contagious than the Delta strain. "We are curr..

Coronavirus variant fear sparks Africa travel curbs

Travellers arriving in England from several southern African countries will have to quarantine amid warnings over a new coronavirus variant. UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid said from 12:00 GMT on Friday six countries would be added to the red list..

New COVID-19 variants cause more virus in the air

The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that have yet to be certified by peer review. Severe COVID-19 may "trip off" immune self-att..

Beyond Delta, scientists are watching new coronavirus variants

REUTERS The continued spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has spawned a Greek alphabet of variants - a naming system used by the World Health Organization (WHO) to track concerning new mutations of the virus that causes COVID-19. Some have equipped the..

Why Is Covid-22 Trending On Twitter? Here Are Misconceptions About Coronavirus Variants

There’s a Catch-22. There’s also the Taylor Swift song “22.” But what the heck is “Covid-22,” and why the heck is it trending on Twitter? As you may know, Covid-19 is short for coronavirus disease 2019, a diseas..

Gamma coronavirus variant detected in Russia, Ifax reports

The Gamma variant of the novel coronavirus, first found in Brazil, has been detected in small quantities in Russia, the Interfax news agency cited the developer behind Russia's EpiVacCorona vaccine as saying on Thursday. Russia faces a surge i..

Turkey reports three cases of Delta Plus coronavirus variant