Omicron Us News Today

US Scientists have developed an inexpensive, non-toxic coating for almost any fabric that decreases the infectivity of Covid virus.

World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that the impact of Covid pandemic will be felt for decades.

The cumulative Covid vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 170 crore landmark. Over 50 lakh vaccine doses were given till 7 pm on Monday.

Serum Institute has urged Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya to consider reducing the gap between the second and the precaution dose of Covishield from current nine months to three.

World Health Organisation is tracking four sub-lineages of Omicron, the variant of concern as the virus continues to evolve. WHO chief said that it would be premature to declare victory over Covid.

The current COVID-19 wave due to the Omicron variant appears to be peaking nationally in the U.S., Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Sunday.

Public health experts have urged people to swap cloth masks for N95 and 3 -layer surgical masks for months, emergency doctor says.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, said the data is very limited and the agency is working on a more detailed analysis of what the new mutant form of the coronavirus might hold.

In reaction to the spread of the variation, the US, Japan, Israel, and a number of other nations have imposed international travel restrictions, while the WHO has warned against such restrictions.

The United Kingdom on Wednesday recorded 78,610 cases of coronavirus, its highest since the beginning of the pandemic in January 2020.