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Colombo/UNI/Xinhua: Sri Lanka's health authorities on Friday said with a rise in the number of Omicron infected patients, the new variant was soon becoming dominant that would overtake the Delta variant in the country. more
China blames mail from Canada to be the source of Omicron's arrival in Beijing: Reports

Beijing: Chinese authorities believe that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 might have entered Beijing via contaminated mail from Canada.

COVID-19: WHO expresses hope worst of Omicron wave is over

New York: Omicron continues to sweep the world, but cases seem to have peaked in some countries, which gives the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) hope that the worst of this la ...

Omicron fuels record weekly COVID-19 cases, but deaths ‘stable’

New York: Fuelled by Omicron, more than 15 million new cases of COVID-19 were reported around the world last week, by far the most cases reported in a single seven day period, the World H ...

Europe: Omicron wave threatens to overwhelm health workers in weeks

New York: With forecasts indicating more than 50 per cent of Europeans are likely to become infected with the Omicron variant in the next six to eight weeks, the World Health Organization ...

Global Coronavirus cases cross 300 million mark

Washington/UNI: The number of coronavirus cases confirmed globally has surpassed 300 million mark as the Omicron variant continues to spread rapidly setting new infection records in sever ...

Bangladesh: 10 more Omicron cases reported

Dhaka: Bangladesh has registered 10 more Omicron cases, media reports said on Friday.

Pakistan: 18 fresh Omicron cases detected in Islamabad

Islamabad: Pakistan's Islamabad city is witnessing a rise in Omicron cases as 18 new instances were detected in recent times, media reports said on Monday.

Pakistan is witnessing the beginning of another Coronavirus wave: Minister

Islamabad: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar cautioned countrymen that the fifth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic is starting.

South Africa says Omicron peak may have peaked

Johannesburg: South Africa has now lifted overnight curfews as officials gave hope that the COVID19 peak in the ongoing fourth wave may have passed.