Tokyo/UNI/Sputnik: Japan's city of Osaka reported its first three community transmitted cases of the Omicron coronavirus strain on Wednesday, Kyodo news agency reported.
London: A former member of the Sage scientific group which advises the UK government has warned that the rate at which Omicron variant spreads is more concerning than the severity of it. ...
New York: There is now “consistent evidence” that the Omicron variant is outpacing Delta, as COVID-19 continues to account for around 50,000 deaths worldwide every week, said ...
Ottawa/UNI/Xinhua: Canada reported 10,621 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the first increase of over 10,000 cases in a single day since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country in February 202 ...
Moderna, a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, on Monday announced preliminary neutralizing antibody data against the Omicron variant followin ...
Hong Kong/UNI/Xinhua: Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) confirmed five additional cases of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 on Monday.
Washington: The top US infectious disease expert has warned that traveling during the time of Christmas will increase the spread of COVID-19.
Tehran: Iran has recorded its first Omicron variant case, media reports said on Sunday.
Geneva/UNI/Sputnik: Preliminary results of a non-peer-reviewed study from the United Kingdom indicate reduced effectiveness of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines against the Omicron coro ...
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