(VOVWORLD) -The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-lineage BA.5 has entered Vietnam and may overwhelm the old sub-lineage BA.2 which is dominant in the country, according to Prof....
(VOVWORLD) - Pfizer and BioNTech on Saturday announced positive data evaluating the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of their two Omicron-adapted COVID-19 vaccine candidates
(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Health says it’s keeping a close eye on the global pandemic situation for an effective plan to respond to new strains of COVID-19
(VOVWORLD) - Moderna said this week a new version of its coronavirus vaccine produced a better immune response against Omicron than the original shot, as the drugmaker pursues a booster against...
(VOVWORLD) - Severe obesity may weaken the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in those who have never been infected with the coronavirus, according to a small Turkish study
(VOVWORLD) - The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV2 virus is as severe as previous variants, according to a preprint version of a large US study that counters assumptions in other...
(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam has not yet recorded two new sub-variants of Omicron, BA.4 and BA.5, the Department of Preventive Medicine said after the World Health Organization announced on...
(VOVWORLD) - A sub-variant of the highly transmissible Omicron version of coronavirus known as BA.2 is now dominant worldwide, prompting surges in many countries in Europe and Asia and...
(VOVWORLD) - The World Health Organization said it strongly supports urgent and broad access to COVID-19 vaccines for primary series and booster doses, particularly for groups at risk of developing severe disease...
(VOVWORLD) - According to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO), the number of SARS-CoV-2 virus infections decreased globally by 16% in the past week, marking a month...
(VOVWORLD) -Survey in England showed 78.6% of Covid 19 patients there last December were affected by Omicron and 21.4% by Delta variants. Death rates among Omicron infected people...
(VOVWORLD) - The World Health Organization said on Tuesday that the BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron does not cause more severe disease than the original Omicron
(VOVWORLD) - Japanese scientists say the Omicron variant of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) may survive on plastic and skin significantly longer than earlier versions of...
(VOVWORLD) -Omicron BA.2 sub-variant that scientists call "stealth Omicron" has been detected in 57 countries, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday
(VOVWORLD) - Merck and partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics said on Friday six lab studies showed their experimental oral COVID-19 drug molnupiravir was active against the fast-spreading Omicron variant
(VOVWORLD) - The International Monetary Fund downgraded its global economic growth forecast for this year to 4.4% in its latest World Economic Outlook on Tuesday, 0.5% lower than its...
(VOVWORLD) - The Health Ministry confirmed 14,362 new infections of COVID-19 across Vietnam on Monday
(VOVWORLD) - The Omicron variant has moved the COVID-19 pandemic into a new phase and could bring it to an end in Europe
(VOVWORLD) - A fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine given to people over 60 in Israel made them three times more resistant to serious illness than thrice-vaccinated people in the same...
(VOVWORLD) - The UK Health Security Agency on Friday designated a sub-lineage of the dominant and highly transmissible Omicron coronavirus variant as a variant under investigation, saying it could have a...