A new sub-strain of the Omicron variant called "stealth omicron" has been detected in more than 40 countries and can escape even RT-PCR testing, the UK has said. Sub-strain BA.2, commonly called "stealth omicron", has raised fears of a stronger wave across Europe. So what is this Omicron subvariant and how dangerous is it? Here's... Continue reading
Many will ask "flurone covid what it is", and although there is not much information yet, according to the Israeli Ministry of Health, it is a simultaneous infection of COVID-19 and influenza. The word Flurone covid is a combination of influenza and rona, a contraction of the coronavirus, although it is not a scientific name.... Continue reading
Since the release of this variant, we haven't stopped hearing omicron news, so here's another one "Half of Europe will be infected with Omicron in short order". The World Health Organisation(WHO) has warned that half of Europe will have been infected with the Omicron variant of Covid within the next six to eight weeks. Dr... Continue reading
The new variant of Covid-19, called Omicron variant or Covid variant Omicron, was first discovered on 11 November 2021 in Botswana, South Africa. Scientists estimate that about 90% of the new coronavirus infections in South Africa are based on this new variant, which may also have spread to eight other provinces. When international travellers began... Continue reading
Scientists are keeping an eye on a new variant of COVID-19 The Covid-19 Mu or Mu variant. "Although this variant is making headlines, it is not the dominant strain in the United States or anywhere else," says Dr John O'Horo, an infectious disease physician at the Mayo Clinic. "The delta variant is really the predominant... Continue reading
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a pandemic is the worldwide spread of a new disease. Pandemics happen when a new virus that spread between people emerge to infect people. Pneumonia of unknown cause was first detected in Wuhan China in 31st Dec 2019. Since then, the virus causing pneumonia has spread to at... Continue reading
The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a warning that COVID-19 in China could turn into a global health crisis. Now there is evidence that supports the fear since the COVID-19 outbreak has spread beyond China. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director-general, says the opportunity is narrowing to contain the outbreak. He says it is important to... Continue reading
Coronavirus disease has recently been named COVID-19 by the World Health Organization (WHO). The name comes from “corona”, “virus” and “disease” with 2019, the year when the disease emerged. The death toll from Covid-19 continues to rise. The number of reported deaths in China is over 1000. From the genetic analysis on the outbreak of... Continue reading
Coronavirus is a new strain of the respiratory virus that consists of a large family of viruses. The virus causes an illness that ranges from the common cold to more severe Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV).Coronavirus is the largest group of viruses that belong to the Nidovirales order, which... Continue reading