Tag: COVID19

The Omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 likely acquired at least one of its mutations by picking up a snippet of genetic material from another virus

This variant has a large number of mutations, some of which are concerning. Preliminary evidence suggests an increased risk of reinfection with this variant, as compared to other VOCs.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a new coronavirus variant to be "of concern" and named it Omicron.

Austria will become the first country in western Europe to reimpose a full COVID-19 lockdown, it said on Friday as neighbouring Germany warned it may follow suit.

Sri Lanka Covid-19 Technical Committee has granted approval for the use of oral antiviral pill ‘Molnupiravir’ in Sri Lanka.

State Minister Prof. Channa Jayasumana says that over the past week it has been observed that there is a trend of a gradual increase in new coronavirus cases reported in the country. 

Colombo and Gampaha have been placed on alert over a possible wave of COVID-19 infections once again as health experts continue to study the Delta variant and how it would mutate further.

As the Delta variant became the dominant strain of the coronavirus across the United States, all three COVID-19 vaccines available to Americans lost some of their protective power, with vaccine efficacy among a large group of veterans dropping between 35% and 85%, according to a new study.

The number of daily cases is very likely to see a major spike by the end of December this year, Health officials forewarned.

Sri Lanka is on high alert over a new coronavirus variant named A.30, which can evade Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines.