Curbing the covid transmission through the natural process of herd immunity is a wrong thought, said World Health organisation's Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Thursday.(Fabrice Coffrini/Pool via REUTERS)
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She further explained that even though this is the natural process, to curb a viral transmission through herd immunity takes a lot of time. Hence, it causes more transmission and deaths.(Shanky Rathore/ANI)
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In an interview with NDTV, Soumya Swaminathan said that Omicron's sub-variant BA.2 is more powerful than BA.1. BA.2 has already started transmitting in countries such as India and Denmark.(ANI )
She further added that WHO is currently researching on the transmission power of Omicron and how the covid variant can affect long-lasting immunity.(Yogendra Kumar/ANI)
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How are the vaccines acting against covid? To this, Soumya Swaminathan said that as per lab test reports, the chance of the antibodies reducing the effect of the new variant is low. However, the rate of deaths and severity in vaccinated people is less.(Paul Yeung/Bloomberg)
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Kolkata Knight Riders have been all but knocked out of contention in the race for the playoffs after a dramatic 2-wicket loss to Chennai Super Kings at home.
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A damaged portion of Bilal Mosque is seen after it was hit by an Indian strike in Muzaffarabad. The selection of targets was done based on extensive intelligence, primarily due to Pakistan's changing strategies aimed at concealing terror camps.
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A pulsating match that was marred by rain breaks in the second innings finally finished Gujarat Titans' way as they beat the Mumbai Indians by three wickets off the very last ball of the match. GT's 156-run target was reduced to 147 needed off 19 overs when a rain break forced players off after the 18th. GT hence needed 15 runs to win int he one over that could be bowled after resumption and they completed it with a single off the last ball of the match.
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Trump bashed Canada on social media just before Carney arrived, saying that the US didn't need "ANYTHING" from its northern neighbor. He then put on the charm and congratulated Carney on his election victory in person before displaying his stubbornness on issues of policy substance. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)
