Quetta: As many as 32 suspected cases of Omicron infected people have been reported from Balochistan's Kalat district in Pakistan, media reports said on Wednesday.

Beijing/UNI/Xinhua: The Chinese mainland on Tuesday reported 57 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Wednesday.

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 ...

Washington: The US on Tuesday reported its first death due to the Omicron variant which is fast spreading in the country.

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.

UK’s Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has not been able to reject a possibility of a Christmas lockdown amid increase in COVID-19 cases.