What To Know About The BA.2 Omicron Strain: The Newest Omicron Variant
Viruses mutate constantly and throughout the course of the pandemic, the world continues to see the emergence of novel variants. Just as we are facing the Omicron variant, a newly identified Omicron subvariant, officially called “Omicron BA.2” has recently caused outbreaks in some parts of Europe and Asia. Today, the BA.2 Omicron strain has been […]
Can Rapid Antigen Tests Detect The Omicron Variant?
Can Rapid Antigen Tests Detect The Omicron Variant? With the Omicron variant, the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has started a new era. It is more infectious but milder. According to WHO, Omicron to infect more than half of Europe’s population in a very short time interval. This situation will come with its consequences such as the fact […]
What is the COVID-19 Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) ?
Everyday a term or phenomena has entered our lives since we have faced with SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Recently the agenda of the world has been filled with the word of “Omicron”. Some of us may know this word as “Nu” from the news. The word “Omicron” or “Nu” refers as a new and concerning variant of […]
New Variants of SARS-CoV-2: Delta, Delta Plus, and Mu
New Variants of SARS-CoV-2: Delta, Delta Plus, and Mu Since the beginning of the pandemic, the virus has changed through mutations to adapt to various human populations and environments. When a virus has one or more new mutations, it is called a variant of the original virus. These continuous mutations of SARS-CoV-2 resulted […]
COVID-19 Mutations
COVID-19 Mutations The COVID-19 caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the coronavirus, like all other known viruses, has just one objective: to copy itself. When a virus enters your cells, they create new copies of the virus by obeying the instructions in their ribonucleic acid (RNA). The genome of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that produces COVID-19, is carried in the form of a […]
How Slovakia Can Control The COVID-19 Pandemic
How Slovakia Can Control The COVID-19 Pandemic During the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries faced struggles through their economical and healthcare systems. However, there was one country that can manage to control the COVID-19 pandemic on its border: Slovakia. In this article, we find out and examine the answer to the question “How did they […]
PCR Testing Vs Rapid Antigen Testing
PCR Testing Vs Rapid Antigen Testing The COVID-19 outbreak arisen from the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been confirmed as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020. From that day on COVID-19 diagnostics was one of the most fundamental needs in the pandemic. Testing provides not only reducing people’s anxiety […]
Rapid Antigen Test Kits
Rapid Antigen Test Kits The use of rapid antigen and antibody diagnostic test kits is becoming more and more common in the detection of COVID-19. These kits prove to be less expensive and faster than real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests given that they provide accurate results within minutes and their procedures do not require […]
At-Home Rapid Antigen Test Kits
At-Home Rapid Antigen Test Kits With the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic, many terms we have been not familiar at first have entered our lives. Most of these terms are related to the diagnostical methods and tools regarding COVID-19. One of them is at-home antigen rapid test kits. If you wonder what they […]
