The rise in per capita in the current year is lower than what was estimated before the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus struck. The decline in the current prices is small but when it is measured in constant 2011-12 prices, the dent is significant.

Deltacron, the new variant of coronavirus is a hybrid of Delta and Omicron i.e. it contains the elements of both variants.

Covid variant XE: UK’s Health Security Agency has said that at present, there is not enough evidence to draw conclusions about the variant's transmissibility and severity and how effective vaccine are against it.

Covid variant XE: UK’s Health Security Agency has said that at present, there is not enough evidence to draw conclusions about the variant's transmissibility and severity and how effective vaccine are against it.

Reports suggest that XE may be more contagious than Omicron but there no evidence that it causes more severe disease

The outbreak in Beijing, the seat of Communist Party power and a crowded metropolis, has added significance for Xi, who had ordered that the nation’s capital remain free of the virus. An extended lockdown there would add to the political and economic pressures…

Data on the Omicron variant in children was not part of our clinical trial endpoints. We have submitted all the data generated against multiple variants to regulatory agencies including NTAGI. We are regularly making presentations to the regulatory bodies…

While the BA.4 strain has been confirmed in Telangana and Tamil Nadu, BA.5 has been found only in Telangana so far. Both patients are showing mild symptoms