[ad_1] Representative Image Los Angeles: New Omicron subvariant XBB.1.16 continues to spread rapidly in the US, with its prevalence increasing to 12.5 per cent this week, according to the latest data updated by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The subvariant, referred to as “arcturus,” has becomeContinue Reading
[ad_1] Representational photo Los Angeles: A new Omicron subvariant is spreading in the United States, and has accounted for nearly 10 per cent of new weekly Covid-19 cases reported across the country, according to data updated by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The subvariant XBB.1.16, referredContinue Reading
[ad_1] Representative Image Chennai: A 27-year-old man who had died of Covid-19 in a private hospital in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchi was infected with the Omicron-XBB variant, officials said on Tuesday. The whole genome sequencing report of the youth confirmed the presence of XBB variant. Whole genome sequencing done on samplesContinue Reading
[ad_1] Representational photo Los Angeles: The highly transmissible Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 now accounts for about three-fourths of all Covid-19 cases reported in the US this week, according to the estimates released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). XBB.1.5 is estimated to account for 74.7 per centContinue Reading