How Is The World Responding To The COVID-19 Pandemic?
How Is The World Responding To The COVID-19 Pandemic? Many countries have started to ease pandemic measures and restrictions around the world. However, as novel variants emerge, circulate, and create new waves of infection, it is hardly possible to say that we are nearing the end of the pandemic. The pandemic response around the world […]
What to know about COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron Variant Sub-Lineages?
What to know about COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron Variant Sub-Lineages? Understanding the evolution of Omicron and its sub-lineages can provide insight into the risk of another “Omicron”-type variant. In this paper we examine in every aspect of what to know about COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron sub-variants. COVID-19 Omicron BA.2 & BA.3 Sub-variants The BA.3 sub-lineage has been […]
What To Know About The Current Variants of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2)?
What To Know About The Current Variants of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2)? Novel variants of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) have been emerging and circulating since the outbreak of the pandemic. This phenomenon is by no means unexpected, uncommon, or exclusive to COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2). Especially RNA viruses such as coronaviruses and influenza viruses continuously change due to the mutations and […]
What is COVID-19 & FLU A/B Rapid Antigen Test?
What is COVID-19 & FLU A/B Rapid Antigen Test? In a nutshell, the COVID-19 & FLU A/B Rapid Antigen Test is an integrated combination test that enables the rapid differential identification of infections caused by any of these respiratory viruses using only a single nasal or nasopharyngeal patient sample. The COVID-19 & FLU A/B Rapid […]
What is the new omicron COVID-19 Sub-Variants BA.4 and BA.5?
What is the new omicron COVID-19 Sub-Variants BA.4 and BA.5? The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently identified two novel variants within the Omicron lineage designated as BA.4 and BA.5. Both the BA.4 and the BA.5 variants have been added to the monitoring list of the World Health Organization (WHO) and are currently under investigation […]
How can I understand whether I am COVID or FLU?
How can I understand whether I am COVID or FLU? As the clinical signs and symptoms of respiratory viral infection with SARS-CoV-2 and influenza can be very similar, it is essential for healthcare professionals to quickly detect and differentiate between SARS-CoV-2 and different types of influenza. Especially during the flu season, quickly determining whether patients […]
What is the new variant XE of COVID-19?
What is the new variant XE of COVID-19? The Omicron variant of SARS-COV-2 which is responsible for over 90% of all positive cases worldwide has three known sub-lineages: BA.1, BA.2, and BA.3. The BA.1 subvariant was the most prevalent during the initial Omicron wave around the end of 2021. However, the newer BA.2 subvariant has […]
What is the EU Digital COVID Test Certificate (GreenPass) System?
What is the EU Digital COVID Test Certificate (GreenPass) System? The European Union has introduced the EU Digital COVID Certificate (EU-DCC), which will serve as a documentation that a person has either been vaccinated against COVID-19, recently received a negative COVID-19 test, or is protected against the disease following a recovery. The certificate is completely […]
Impact Of Self-Testing On COVID-19 Pandemic
Impact Of Self-Testing On COVID-19 Pandemic The coronavirus pandemic still constitutes a global health crisis, and it continues to evolve with the circulation of new variants, the advancement medical and diagnostic technology, and the implementation of novel strategies. Despite the development of highly efficient vaccines, non-pharmaceutical strategies remain vital for the mitigation of viral transmission, […]
How To Use RapidFor™ COVID-19 Antigen Self-Test Kit?
How To Use RapidFor™ COVID-19 Antigen Self-Test Kit? Together with other measures such as vaccination and physical distancing, COVID-19 self-testing presents immense benefits for both private and public health. By delivering quick, critical, and actionable information regardless of the setting, COVID-19 antigen self-tests play a crucial role in breaking transmission chains and controlling the spread […]
