Omicron mutation

The European Medicines Agency approves Pfizer and Moderna vaccines against Omicron

The European Medicines Agency approves Pfizer and Moderna vaccines against Omicron

The European Medicines Agency today approved the first Omicron-adapted Covid-19 vaccines from drugmakers Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna to start a booster…

K. Lauterbach: In September in Germany the new vaccines for Omicron

On September 2 and September 28, the new vaccines against Covid-19 are expected in Germany, the first adapted to the…

Turkey: Omicron’s BA.5 sub-variant blamed for coronavirus outbreak

Experts attribute the recent outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Turkey to Omicron's BA.5 sub-variant. Tayar Shasmaz, a professor of…

Moderna is developing updated vaccines against the new subvariants of Omicron

The pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Moderna announced today that it is developing two updated vaccines against the Omicron variant of…

China: Shanghai announced the detection of a new sub-variant of Omicron

Shanghai authorities have detected a case of coronavirus involving a new sub-variant of Omicron BA.5, Omicron BA.5.2.1, an official announced…

The rise in the number of cases worries Rome

Concern about the course of the pandemic in Italy where few are wearing protective gear in transport. Italian Health Minister…

Research: New Omicron subtypes escape previous infection antibodies with new strain

Two new subtypes of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus can escape the antibodies of a previous infection with the…

South Africa: The country may be entering a fifth wave of pandemics

South Africa could enter a fifth wave of the COVID-19 epidemic sooner than expected, following a prolonged rise in new…

SinoPharm: Starts clinical trials of two vaccines against Omicron mutation

Two COVID-19 vaccines developed by units of the China National Biotec Group (CNBG) to specifically target the Omicron variant have…

USA: Omicron wave infants five times higher than Delta

The number of infants up to 4 years old treated with Covid-19 during the Omicron variant was five times higher…