As South Africa officially enters its fifth wave of Covid-19, dominated by the highly infectious omicron subvariants, the primary threat to health from shared indoor air - but not the only one - is its contamination with the airborne coronavirus. According to Gareth...
The exact mechanism of the spread of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) has remained elusive. Previously thought to be spread through surfaces, epidemiologists have now found that countries whose populations wore masks during the pandemic were affected less. However,...
It’s springtime in Colorado, and the season of graduations and weddings is in full swing. Signs of the pandemic are few and far between in crowds right now — not a lot of people are wearing masks, and that social distancing rule seems like a thing of the past. But...
The Omicron variant became the main one to watch for in the UK back in November - and now nearly 30 million people in China are living under lockdown as infections peak. Brits are still testing positive and now a new study has revealed the early signs to watch out for...
Dr Tom Frieden, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during the Obama administration, said the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus can still be dangerous, especially in people who are older, immunosuppressed or not...
Two new versions of Omicron, the coronavirus variant that has swept through the world in the past few months, are circulating in New York State and may be responsible for rising infections in the region over the past few weeks, state health officials announced on...
Earlier in the pandemic, contact tracing data showed us where COVID-19 was predominantly spreading. Unfortunately, because our contact tracing efforts have slowed down, we don’t have as clear of a picture regarding where people are mostly likely to contract omicron...
A study conducted on animals has shown that a covid vaccine developed to be administered orally not only protects fighting against the coronavirus, but also reduces the airborne dissemination of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to the others in close contact, reported by PTI. The...
Hyderabad: A collaborative study by a group of scientists from the CSIR-CCMB, Hyderabad and the CSIR-IMTech, Chandigarh, with hospitals in Hyderabad and Mohali has confirmed the airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2. The study has been published in the Journal of...
Most of us stopped wiping down our groceries and disinfecting all our possessions much earlier in the pandemic when we learned the real risk of COVID-19 transmission was in the air. Does the arrival of the omicron variant change that calculus? According to the Centers...
Public-health advice on COVID-19 in early 2020 focused on sanitizing surfaces more than protecting against airborne transmission. Credit: Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty As 2021 drew to a close, the highly contagious Omicron variant of the pandemic virus was racing around the...
April 18 (Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that has yet to be certified by peer review. Omicron infection induces limited immune response...
The Omicron variant is now the dominant COVID-19 strain in the United States, with the subvariant BA.2 accounting for the majority of current cases. What to Know About the Omicron XE Variant Some studies suggest that Omicron infections last up to about 10 days in the...