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  WHO said it is not yet clear whether the newly-detected   coronavirus variant Omicron   is more transmissible or causes more severe disease compared to other variants. The World Health Organization has said it is not yet clear whether the newly-detected coronavirus variant Omicron is more transmissible or causes more severe disease compared to other variants, including the highly-transmissible and globally prevalent Delta variant. There is currently no information to suggest that symptoms associated with  Omicron  are different from those from other variants, the WHO said, It added that initial reported infections were among university studies — younger individuals who tend to have more mild disease — but understanding the level of severity of the Omicron variant will take days to several weeks. Amid concerns over the detection and transmissibility of B.1.1.529, designated by the WHO as a variant of concern, the global health organisation said on Sunday that e...

  The cumulative number of coronavirus cases reported globally could exceed 200 million by next week, said WHO The highly-transmissible Delta variant of COVID-19 has now been reported in 135 countries, according to the World Health Organization which said the cumulative number of coronavirus cases reported globally could exceed 200 million by next week.The COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update dated August 3, released by WHO, said globally 132 countries have reported cases of the Beta variant and 81 countries of the Gamma variant. It said the cases of Alpha variant have been reported in 182 countries, territories or areas, while 135 countries have reported cases of the  Delta variant,  which was first identified in India The global number of new cases has been increasing for more than a month, with over 4 million cases reported in the past week – July 26 to August 1, the update said. This increasing trend is largely attributed to substantial increases...

  India has crossed the 100 million-mark in conducting tests for the detection of Covid-19 as with an average testing of more than 1 million samples per day in the last 17 days, ICMR said Current Affaors : India has crossed the 10 crore-mark in conducting tests for the detection of COVID-19as on Thursday with an average testing of more than 10 lakh samples per day in the last 17 days, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said. Till now, 74,000 tests per million population have been conducted. India has conducted last 5 crore sample testing in only 45 days, LokeshSharma, scientist and media coordinator at ICMR said. As on September 8, India had tested 5 crore  COVID-19  samples, and in less than 50 days on October 22, it has reached the 10 crore-mark, Sharma said. “This has been enabled by rapidly increasing testing infrastructure and capacity across the country. The ICMR has been enhancing COVID-19 testing capability across the country by expanding and diversifyi...