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Dhaka: Bangladesh's overall Omicron tally has touched four after two more new cases were detected recently. more
Pakistan: 79 Omicron cases detected so far

Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday said 79 Omicron cases have been detected in the country so far.

Number of cancer patients rising in Afghanistan: Officials

Kabul: Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said the number of cancer patients in the country's state-run hospitals have increased in recent times, according to media re ...

France: Govt tightens restrictions amid fear over Omicron spread

Paris: France has announced stricter restrictions to curb COVID-19 spike amid rising concern over Omicron spread.

China: Mainland reports 182 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases

Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 182 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Tuesday.

Vietnam registers first Omicron case

Hanoi: Vietnam has emerged as the latest nation to report an Omicron case, media reports said on Tuesday.

Spain records highest-ever 14-day incidence of COVID-19 after Christmas break

Madrid/UNI/Xinhua: The Spanish Ministry of Health on Monday evening said that the 14-day incidence of the coronavirus rose by 294 points in the four days from Dec. 23 to 1,206.21 cases pe ...

China will have great difficulty with Omicron and zero covid policy: South African scientist

Cape Town, South Africa: South African scientist, who had informed the world about Omicron, said China's 'Zero Covid' policy won't work against the super-transmissible mut ...

South Korea approves first oral Covid pill treatment

Seoul/UNI/Sputnik: South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on Monday approved Pfizer’s oral antiviral pill, the first one to treat Covid-19 in the country, after a pane ...

Infectious diseases present ‘clear and present danger’ everywhere

New York: COVID-19 continues to demonstrate how quickly “an infectious disease can sweep across the world”, pushing health systems to the brink and upending daily life for all ...