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    XBB.1.16 Covid-19 In India: How The New Omicron Variant Is Affecting Children, Know The Symptoms, Expert Speaks, Watch Video

    XBB.1.16 Covid-19 In India: How The New Omicron Variant Is Affecting Children, Know The Symptoms, Expert Speaks, Watch Video

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    videourl XBB.1.16 Covid-19 In India: COVID-19 is spreading in India again. According to the latest report by the Union Health Ministry of India, the country registered 5,880 new COVID-19 cases and 12 more deaths. While the national capital and Himachal Pradesh reported 4 COVID deaths each; Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan reported one […] More

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    Study suggests omicron to appear more deadly than seasonal influenza

    Study suggests omicron to appear more deadly than seasonal influenza

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    Influenza and COVID-19 are both respiratory diseases with similar modes of transmission. In December 2021, influenza re-emerged in Israel after it went undetected since March 2020. At the same time, the Omicron had substituted Delta as the predominant variant. But data directly comparing Omicron with seasonal influenza are scarce. Adults hospitalised with the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron […] More

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    Pfizer gets USFDA emergency use nod for Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent COVID booster in children under 5 years

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    New York: Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE have announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to provide a single booster dose of the companies’ Omicron BA.4/BA.5-adapted bivalent COVID-19 vaccine in children 6 months through 4 years of age (also referred to as under 5 years of age) at […] More