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The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

80% jump in Maharashtra Covid tally, Mumbai records 1,242 cases

MUMBAI: Within a 24-hour span, the Covid tally in Maharashtra rose by over 80% with Mumbai and the satellite cities of Thane and Navi Mumbai accounting for more than 90% of Tuesday's caseload of 1,881 cases, reports Malathy Iyer.

The Times of India

Novavax's new shot may sway anti-vaxxers

Experts hope the new COVID vaccine, which uses older biotechnology, could help the unvaccinated come around

Salon

BA.2 still dominant Omicron subvariant nationwide, say experts

PUNE: Omicron's BA.2, which caused the third wave in India, remains the dominant variant of the virus in the country, top officials overseeing genomic surveillance told TOI on Monday.

The Times of India

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Coronavirus FAQ: I got COVID. Then I got it again. What's the deal with reinfection?

People who catch COVID may feel as if they won't get it again, at least not for a long time. Their immune system should be primed to fight it off in the future. Right? Well, let's see.

WEKU

H.C. Wainwright Predicts Yatra Online Stock Price To Double

H.C. Wainwright & Co analyst Scott Buck maintained its Buy rating on the shares of Yatra Online Inc (NASDAQ: YTRA), with a price target of $4. The analyst said though Q4 results were negatively impacted by the Omicron variant in January, demand was at 90.0% of pre-COVID levels across both leisure and corporate travel as…

Benzinga

105 new Covid cases in Tamil Nadu; 43 in Chennai

CHENNAI: New Omicron variants BA 4 and BA 5 were detected from samples collected from Chennai and its neighbouring districts in TamilNadu, Health Minister Ma Subramanian said on Sunday.

The Times of India

8 persons infected with new variant, Omicron BA5

4 have contracted the BA4 variant

The Hindu

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Corbevax gets nod as booster jab for Covaxin, Covishield recipients

HYDERABAD: Biological E Limited's Corbevax has emerged as India's first Covid-19 vaccine to receive approval as a heterologous booster dose for those aged 18 years and above, after six months of receiving the second dose of either Covaxin or Covishield.

The Times of India

Omicron BA.2 continues to be dominant variant of concern in Karnataka

This has not translated to a huge spike of COVID-19 cases in Karnataka unlike in other places

The Hindu

Faye Flam: People, get your booster shots already

Fewer than half of eligible Americans have received a third COVID vaccine shot despite clear evidence of its benefit. That booster shot improves your odds of avoiding even mild omicron. So why haven’t more people gotten it?

Tribune News Service

Debt Clinic sees surge in applicants

The number of applicants for the Debt Clinic's unsecured loan restructuring programme recently increased by 2-3 times to around 200,000 because of the impact of the Omicron variant.

Bangkok Post

Overlapping, highly contagious COVID subvariants are spreading fast in Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Overlapping waves of omicron are sweeping through Florida, leading more people to get infected with COVID.

Tribune News Service

Melbourne has entered its first COVID winter without lockdowns. How will it turn out?

Victorians are highly vaccinated as they enter winter with plenty of COVID-19 circulating and the scale of the response largely in the community's hands. Here's what will be crucial in curbing the coming wave of infections.

ABC News

Yatra Online Shares Drop Following Q4 Results; Sees Recovery In Corporate, Consumer Businesses

Yatra Online, Inc (NASDAQ:YTRA) reported fourth-quarter revenue growth of 19.3% year-on-year to $8 million. The increase in revenue was primarily due to a recovery in domestic travel demand. Revenue from the Air Ticketing business decreased 4.4% Y/Y to $4.2 million. The Hotels and Packages business revenue was $2.4 million versus $1.1 million a…

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The New Daily

‘Employee-driven revolution’: Workers reluctant to head back to the office

City offices are slowly refilling after the Omicron outbreak forced workers to stay at home. But only a few employees want a full-time return.

The Guardian - UK

Omicron subvariant drives spike in cases and deaths in Portugal

Europe faces prospect of further Covid measures later in the year as share of Omicron BA.5 cases rise in Portugal and Germany

Benzinga

Alibaba Logs Slowest Revenue Growth But Investors See Bright Side

Key Takeaways: Alibaba’s revenue for the January-March quarter increased 8.9% year-on-year, the slowest pace for any quarter since it went public Yet revenue beat analyst expectations, driven by the China commerce and cloud businesses By Tina Yip

The Conversation

Unvaccinated South Africans told us why they weren't interested in having COVID jabs

South Africa is currently facing a new wave of infections related to the much higher transmissibility of the omicron COVID variant and its sub-variants. The most recent spike has had similar characteristics as the fourth wave in January 2022: increases in infections have not been accompanied by similar increases spikes…

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Future COVID-19 booster shots will likely need fresh formulations as new coronavirus variants of concern continue to emerge

Being up to date on COVID-19 vaccines means having had three or four doses of the same shot at this point. Current boosters are the same formulations as the first authorized shots, based on the original strain of the coronavirus that emerged in late 2019. They do still protect against…

The New Daily

COVID-19: 3000 people in hospital every day, low booster rate to blame

More than a third of Australians have not received a booster COVID-19 vaccine. This low rate is linked to hospitalisations.

Reuters

Omicron sub-variant fuels Portugal's COVID-19 surge

An Omicron sub-variant has fuelled a surge in COVID-19 cases in Portugal that now has the world's second-highest infection rate, potentially threatening the tourism sector's recovery.

The Times of India

739 fresh Covid cases in Mumbai, a 4-month high

MUMBAI: A significant surge in Covid cases was recorded on Wednesday, with Maharashtra crossing 1,000 cases -a three-month high-and Mumbai going past 700 cases after almost four months. While the state has seen a 52% spike in 24 hours, Mumbai has seen a 46% rise over Tuesday numbers.

Tribune News Service

Why new COVID variants are driving a surprise surge

In its evolutionary fight for survival, the COVID virus is switching strategies: It’s becoming a master at slipping past our immune systems. And that, say experts, is largely why we’re dealing with an unexpected surge.

The Independent UK

Covid-19 infections in UK at lowest level for eight months

Total infections are down 81% since the peak of the Omicron BA.2 wave.

Los Angeles Times

California’s new coronavirus wave is disrupting lives, even with less severe illness

LOS ANGELES — A new surge of coronavirus cases is taking shape, as California slogs into a third pandemic summer with far fewer hospitalizations and deaths but still significant disruptions.

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