 | XE variant of coronavirus not more severe than Omicron: Dr Gagandeep KangThe World Health Organization has issued warning against XE, a new variant of Omicron first detected in the UK. |
 | Children between 5-12 years don't need vaccination: Dr Gagandeep KangWith many states opening schools that were shut down due to the third Covid wave driven by the highly-transmissible Omicron variant, concerns were raised about the vaccination of children below 15. |
 | Covid isolation period can be reduced to five days in India: Virologist Gagandeep KangDouble vaccine has blunted severity, Omicron doubling in 2-4 days |
 | 'Omicron may already be in India, need to ramp up genome sequencing': Dr Gagandeep KangThe focus now should be on ramping up genome sequencing and introducing S-Gene PCR testing to quickly detect it and act on containing the spread, she stressed. |
 | No data shows need for booster vaccines presently: Dr Gagandeep KangAccording to Dr Kang, whether people will have more antibodies or be better protected with the booster dose is still not known. |
