by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 9, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Facts, Health, Pandemic
“What we want to see is that the omicron surge continues to decrease, that we don’t see another variant of concern emerge, that we start to come out of the other side of this,” said Dr. Chris Beyrer, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 4, 2022 | Health, International News, Pandemic
The BA.2 sub-variant has begun to replace Omicron’s more common “original” BA.1 variant in countries such as Denmark. Data from there suggests no difference in disease severity, according to another WHO official. “BA.2 … has been reported in...
by AIP Online Bureau | Feb 2, 2022 | Health, International News, Pandemic, Policy
BA.2 is more transmissible than the more common BA.1 and more able to infect vaccinated people, according to a Danish study which analysed coronavirus infections in more than 8,500 Danish households between December and January. The subvariant is already becoming...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 27, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Pandemic
Addressing a press conference here, Lav Agarwal, the joint secretary in the Health Ministry, said, “Early indication of a plateau in cases are being reported in certain geographies. The trend needs to be observed and required precautions need to be...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 23, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, International News
“It’s plausible that the region is moving towards a kind of pandemic endgame,” Hans Kluge told AFP, urging nonetheless caution due to the virus’ ability to mutate The Covid-19 pandemic has entered a new phase with the Omicron variant, which...
