Geneva/JEN: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday declared the recently-detected B.1.1.529 strain of COVID-19 as a variant of concern and named it as Omicron.
Brussels/JEN: Belgium on Friday detected its first case of the new variant of COVID-19, which also marks the first infection in Europe, media reports said.
New York: COVID-19 cases have increased in the last week with 3.6 million infections reported globally, as opposed to the 3.3 million over the previous seven days, the World Health Organi ...
New York: Children who have developed organ inflammation linked to COVID-19 infection should be given steroid treatment in hospital, the World Health Organization, (WHO), said on Tuesday. ...
New York: Approximately three billion people, almost 40 per cent of the world’s population, cannot afford a healthy diet and another one billion people would join their ranks should ...
New Delhi: The first real-world assessment of BBV152, a COVID-19 vaccine developed in India, known as Covaxin in the country, suggests that two vaccine doses result in 50 percent effectiv ...
Canberra/UNI/Xinhua: Australia has reported its most coronavirus deaths in almost a month as the country surpassed 200,000 confirmed cases amid the battle against the third wave of infect ...
Dhaka: Bangladesh registered two fresh deaths due to COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, media reports said Sunday.
Vienna: Austria, a nation which is witnessing a sudden surge in COVID-19 cases, returned to full lockdown amid protests against the measures on Monday.
- Bangladesh registers 7 new deaths due to COVID-19
- Bangladesh registers zero COVID-19 deaths in past 24 hours
- Vietnam capital urges anti-Covid measures as transmissions hit record points
- Evidence points to animal market, not lab, as epicenter of COVID-19 pandemic: Study
- Austria to impose full lockdown amid rising COVID-19 cases
