Tag: Omicron Variant

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against describing the Omicron variant as mild, saying it is killing people across the world. Recent studies suggest that Omicron is less likely ...

Qatar is witnessing the start of a third coronavirus wave, a spike in cases fuelled by the Omicron variant, a health official says. Dr Soha al-Bayat, head of vaccination at ...

URN.The new cases are being fuelled, increasingly, by Omicron; the new variant of concern that public health experts and scientists are working hard to understand and assess. Amid rising uncertainty, ...

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has tested positive for COVID 19. The Presidency has just issued a statement confirming itThe President was attending the State Memorial Service of last apartheid-era ...

Experts have warned that Omicron could cause between 25,000 and 75,000 deaths in England over the next five months unless tougher Covid restrictions are instituted.Scientists from the London School of ...

(URN) As the UK's omicron travel ban stirs a racism debate in Nigeria, health officials in the country worry the low vaccination rate could trigger a fourth wave of COVID-19 ...

The Omicron variant of COVID 19 has made landfall in Uganda. The highly contagious variant was first discovered in southern Africa and has led to a reinstatement of multiple travel ...

(Bloomberg)The omicron variant spread among two fully vaccinated travelers across the hallway of a Hong Kong quarantine hotel, underscoring why the highly mutated coronavirus strain is unnerving health authorities.Closed-circuit television ...