Two cases of COVID-19 variant Omicron detected in UK

London/IBNS: Two people have been infected with Omicron, the new COVID-19 variant first found in South Africa, in the United Kingdom.

New Covid-19 variants in Canada could evade vaccination efforts, warn scientists

Canada/IBNS:  Canadian scientists are concerned about the new variants of Covid-19 in Canada and are worried about their ability to infect people more easily as well as their ability to potentially destroy antibodies created in these patients after being infected or vaccinated, media reports said.