The CDC’s weekly data summary released recently shows that most COVID-19 indications throughout the country are on the increase after the holidays, with the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant spreading rapidly. Variability in COVID-19 activity in the United States and...
TO WORRY ABOUT? O On 26th November 2021, B.1.1.529 variant or Omicron was labeled as a variant of concern (VOC) by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the endorsement of its Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evaluation. The first reports of omicron were received...
All the hospitalizations and infections caused by the new variant of coronavirus, the main focus has shifted mainly on omicron and the chances are the world has forgoan about an old infection, the flu. The virus causing influenza is kicking and alive and the Centers...
The management of coronavirus outbreaks is at a critical point where there is a widespread need for accurate and fast testing. The backbone of coronavirus testing has been Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing but the present time demands urgent surveillance of the...
Advanced technologies such as rapid antigen test kits and Polymerase chain reactions have aided a great deal in the detection of respiratory infections caused by viruses (1). During the coronavirus outbreak, the commonly used test was RT-PCR in which specimen was...
The current pandemic of coronavirus has rapidly spread worldwide and it has resulted in approximately one million deaths so far (1). Early diagnosis and well-timed isolation of the infected individuals have now universally been accepted as an effective strategy for...
