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London/UNI/Xinhua: A further 249 cases of the Omicron COVID variant have been reported in Britain, taking the total to 817, British health authorities said Thursday. more
Three doses of Pfizer Covid 19 vaccine will neutralize Omicron strain, says developer

New York: Pfizer Inc.and  BioNTech SE on Wednesday announced results from an initial laboratory study demonstrating that serum antibodies induced by the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vacc ...

Omicron symptoms mild in nature: S African doctor

Johannesburg/UNI/Xinhua: Chairperson of the South African Medical Association (SAMA) said most patients infected with Omicron Covid 19 variant got mild symptoms, while the unvaccinated pa ...

Maldives: First case of Omicron detected

Male, Dec 7 (UNI/Xinhua) Maldives has recorded its first case of the Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus, local media reported Tuesday.

COVID-19: GSK-Vir drug 'works' against all Omicron mutations

New York: GlaxoSmithKline plc and Vir Biotechnology, Inc. on Tuesday announced an update to preclinical data on bioRxiv, a preprint server, demonstrating that sotrovimab, an investigation ...

Two cases of Omicron coronavirus strain reported in Latvia

Riga/UNI/Xinhua: A private lab in Latvia reported on Monday that it has identified two samples as the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, according to local media report.

Nepal reports two Omicron variant cases

Kathmandu: Nepal has reported two Omicron variant infected cases, media reports said on Monday.

Chinese mainland reports 38 locally transmitted Covid-19 cases

Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland on Sunday reported 38 new locally transmitted Covid-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Monday.

Omicron cases in UK rise by 50 pct in one day

London/UNI/Xinhua: A further 86 cases of the Omicron COVID variant have been reported in Britain, taking the total to 246, British health authorities confirmed Sunday.

Omicron strain spread might lead to end of Covid-19 pandemic, believes expert

Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: The spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant may result in the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the professor of Russia's Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidem ...