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South Korea to hold dialogue with North Korea over COVID-19 supportOn Thursday, Pyongyang announced the first wave of COVID-19 cases in the country, as several citizens tested positive for the Omicron BA.2 ...
North Korea reports first COVID-19 cases, Kim orders national lockdownTop officials, including leader Kim Jong Un, held a crisis politburo meeting on Thursday to discuss the outbreak and announced they would i...
China's hiding real COVID-19 deaths by masking cause of death, reports sayThe country has recorded a mere two deaths from more than 443,000 cases since March 1, both of which occurred in Jilin - a province borderi...
Reinfection with different subtypes of Omicron possible, study findsThe researchers from Statens Serum Institut (SSI) in Denmark selected a subset of samples from over 1.8 million cases of infections in the ...
Omicron survives much longer on plastic, skin than earlier coronavirus variants: StudyThe yet-to-be peer-reviewed study, posted recently on the preprint repository BioRxiv, found that the Alpha, Beta, Delta, and Omicron varia...
Delta or Omicron: Is the Delmicron dilemma adding to your Covid woes?How can you know for sure if you have been infected by the Delta or Omicron variant?
Milder Omicron an "evolutionary mistake"; next variant could be more virulent: warns Indian-origin UK expertWhile the study showed that the new variant, dominant in the UK and now sweeping parts of India, is infecting the cells found in the lungs ...
Central teams deployed in 10 states reporting high Omicron cases, slow vaccinationMulti-disciplinary Central teams are to be deployed in Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Mizoram, Karnataka, Bihar, Uttar Prade...
UNGA President Abdulla Shahid tests positive for COVID-19Maldives has recorded its first case of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus on December 7, according to media reports.
Omicron severity question answered in 3-4 weeks, WHO official says"There is no doubt that Europe is once again the epicentre of the global pandemic," said Kluge, the WHO Regional Director for Europe, addin...
US reports 1st Omicron-related death as unvaccinated man diesThe news of the first death in the US due to Omicron came on a day when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said that Omic...
Rajasthan: All nine Omicron patients test negative for COVID, discharged from Jaipur hospitalAccording to the state health department, all nine patients are completely healthy and asymptomatic. Their blood, CT scan and other tests a...
Booster dose issue divides Maharashtra leadersThe state's health minister, Rajesh Tope, on the other hand, said the state government would be asking the Centre for booster doses.
Omicron has higher risk of reinfection than Delta and Beta variants: Singapore's health ministry"There is a higher likelihood of individuals who have recovered from COVID-19 to be reinfected with the Omicron variant," Channel News Asia...
South African expert says vaccines likely effective vs severe COVID-19 from variantProfessor Salim Abdool Karim added at a news conference that it was too early to say whether Omicron led to more severe clinical symptoms t...
UK plans new measures to combat omicron coronavirus variantPrime Minister Boris Johnson announced the measures at a news conference alongside his chief medical officers.
How worried should we be about the Omicron variant?The Delta variant remains dominant worldwide, accounting for 99.9% of U.S. cases, and it is not yet clear whether Omicron will be able to d...