Japan records 3 community transmitted Omicron cases: Reports
Dec 22, 2021, at 09:49 pm
Tokyo/UNI/Sputnik: Japan's city of Osaka reported its first three community transmitted cases of the Omicron coronavirus strain on Wednesday, Kyodo news agency reported.
Pakistan: Balochistan reports 32 suspected Omicron cases
Dec 22, 2021, at 09:42 pm
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.
Australia to increase booster rollout amid surging Omicron infections
Dec 22, 2021, at 09:09 pm
Canberra/UNI/Xinhua: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has urged people to "stay calm and get boosted" amid surging coronavirus infections.
India registers 6,317 COVID-19 cases amid Omicron scare
Dec 22, 2021, at 03:52 pm
New Delhi; India, a nation which is witnessing a slow rise in micron variant cases, registered 6,317 new COVID-19 cases overall in the past 24 hours, as per Ministry of Health released data on Wednesday.
Chinese mainland records 57 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases
Dec 22, 2021, at 03:16 pm
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.
Omicron three times more infectious, activate war rooms: Centre tells states
Dec 22, 2021, at 02:31 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Centre on Tuesday warned the states that the Omicron strain is three times as infectious as the Delta variant of coronavirus and war rooms must be activated to contain it.
Omicron is spreading at 'unbelievably fast' rate: Scientist
Dec 21, 2021, at 10:47 pm
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.
Odisha registers 2 Omicron cases
Dec 21, 2021, at 09:07 pm
Bhubaneswar/UNI: A man who returned from Nigeria and another who came from Qatar have been detected with the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in Odisha, health officials said on Tuesday.
COVID-19: India reports 200 cases of 'Omicron' so far
Dec 21, 2021, at 06:06 pm
New Delhi/UNI: A total of 200 cases of the new 'Omicron' variant of COVID-19 has been reported so far in India, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
‘Consistent evidence’ of Omicron’s spread vs Delta: WHO’s Tedros
Dec 21, 2021, at 04:41 pm
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 the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday.
India reports 5,326 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours amid Omicron threat
Dec 21, 2021, at 04:23 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India reported 5,326 COVID-19 cases while the toll went up by 453 in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry stated on Tuesday.
US reports first death due to Omicron variant
Dec 21, 2021, at 03:16 pm
Washington: The US on Tuesday reported its first death due to the Omicron variant which is fast spreading in the country.
Kashmir: Sopore youth develops health prediction App
Dec 21, 2021, at 01:21 am
Sopore/IBNS: Ishfaq Ahmad Wani, an engineering student from north Kashmir’s Sopore, has developed a health prediction application “Smart Health Prediction System,” as part of his project.
Moderna says its vaccine booster still seems to be effective against Omicron
Dec 21, 2021, at 12:05 am
Moderna, a biotechnology company pioneering messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics and vaccines, on Monday announced preliminary neutralizing antibody data against the Omicron variant following the Company’s booster candidates at 50 µg and 100 µg dose levels.
Hong Kong: Health authority confirms 5 more Omicron variant cases
Dec 21, 2021, at 12:03 am
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.
COVID-19: UK Deputy Prime Minister says he cannot reject possibility of a Christmas lockdown
Dec 20, 2021, at 11:52 pm
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.
India adds 6,563 COVID-19 cases in 24 hours amid Omicron scare
Dec 20, 2021, at 04:17 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India reported 6,563 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours while the country is witnessing a rise in cases related to the 'Omicron' variant of the contagion.
Traveling during Christmas will increase spread of COVID-19: Anthony Fauci warns
Dec 20, 2021, at 02:41 pm
Washington: The top US infectious disease expert has warned that traveling during the time of Christmas will increase the spread of COVID-19.
Pakistan: COVID-19 mortality rate much higher than global rate
Dec 20, 2021, at 04:22 am
Islamabad/UNI: A document of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has stated that the mortality rate due to COVID-19 in Pakistan was much higher than the rest of the world, Dawn reported here on Sunday.
Bangladesh registers one more death due to COVID-19
Dec 20, 2021, at 12:34 am
Dhaka: Bangladesh, the nation which recorded a spike in COVID- 19 cases earlier this year, recorded one new death due to the deadly virus in the past 24 hours, media reports said.
Iran records first Omicron case
Dec 20, 2021, at 12:08 am
Tehran: Iran has recorded its first Omicron variant case, media reports said on Sunday.
India reports 7,081 fresh COVID-19 infections in last 24 hrs, 126 total Omicron cases in country
Dec 19, 2021, at 04:17 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India on Sunday recorded 7,081 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health stated in its daily bulletin on Sunday.
Delhi records 86 new Covid19 cases, highest in 5 months
Dec 19, 2021, at 03:44 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Delhi Saturday reported 86 new Covid cases, the highest in five months, recording a steady rise in infections amid global alert over Omicron.
Study shows Pfizer, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines less effective against Omicron strain: WHO
Dec 19, 2021, at 02:13 am
Geneva/UNI/Sputnik: Preliminary results of a non-peer-reviewed study from the United Kingdom indicate reduced effectiveness of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines against the Omicron coronavirus variant, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.
French health minister announces mandatory booster dose for caregivers, firefighters
Dec 18, 2021, at 10:43 pm
Paris/UNI/Sputnik: French Health Minister Olivier Veran announced on Saturday that people providing care and firefighters will be obligated to get booster vaccine doses against Covid 19 starting January 30, 2022.
UK breaks daily COVID cases record for 3rd day in a row, over 93000 cases registered
Dec 18, 2021, at 10:23 pm
London/UNI/Xinhua: Britain reported 93,045 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, breaking the daily record for the third consecutive day and bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 11,190,354, according to official figures released Friday.
Countries must take all measures to prevent spread of Omicron, alerts WHO
Dec 18, 2021, at 10:07 pm
New Delhi/UNI: As the number of Omicron cases continue to rise, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Saturday urged the countries to take all public health and social measures to prevent further spread of the virus.
Omicron, Delta may combine to form COVID-19 super-variant, expert warns
Dec 18, 2021, at 10:00 pm
London: A new COVID-19 super-variant strain may emerge with the combination of Delta and Omicron variants, experts said.
New Delhi: 10 Omicron patients discharged
Dec 18, 2021, at 08:09 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Ten Omicron Covid-19 patients were discharged from the LNJP Hospital here in the last two days, it was announced on Saturday.
Omicron largely evades immunity from past infection or two vaccine doses: Study
Dec 18, 2021, at 03:28 pm
London: The Omicron variant largely evades immunity from past infection or two vaccine doses according to the latest Imperial modelling.