Covaxin vs Covishield which vaccine is better against Omicron variant

A new variant of the corona virus, Omicron variant, has sounded alarm bells in the country. Maharashtra has the highest number of patients so far. After the discovery of two new patients in Mumbai, now the total number of patients infected with Omicron variant in Maharashtra.

The terror of the Omicron variant has spread in the country. There is an atmosphere of fear in the minds of the people about the third wave of Corona.

In this regard, Dr. Trehan said the virus could spread faster than all older strains. Meanwhile, people who have not been vaccinated can endanger themselves as well as others.

In this regard, Dr.Shailesh Jain said that the Omicron variant has come up with 50 new mutations. In which 10 mutations occur in the spike protein, where the receptor is attached to your lungs.

The ICMR-National Institute of Virology have received samples of the Dombivali man infected with Omicron variant and research is underway to answer two important questions.

First, whether the efficacy provided by antibodies induced by vaccines like Covaxin and Covishield really work against this variant and second if the antibodies induced by natural Covid infection defend against the Omicron strain.

"Isolating the whole Omicron strain from the sample is going to take at least a week. Thereafter, we will be able to take up a neutralisation study to assess the efficacy of Covaxin- and Covishield-induced antibodies and natural infection-induced antibodies against the lab-grown strain," an ICMR official told Times of India.