The risk of Omicron subvariant BA.2 for global health is potentially higher than that of BA.1, according to a new study.

The comments come at a time when several European countries including the Czech Republic and Poland have hinted at easing of COVID-19 restr...

The Covid-19 pandemic has entered a new phase with the Omicron variant, which could infect 60 percent of people in Europe by March, and cou...

"At this rate, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) forecasts that more than 50 percent of the population in the region w...

WHO Europe director Dr Hans Kluge said at a media briefing on Tuesday that 26 countries in its region reported that more than 1% of their p...

While the variant is spreading like wildfire around the world, it appears to be far less severe than initially feared and has raised hopes ...

While the variant is spreading like wildfire around the world, it appears to be far less severe than initially feared and has raised hopes ...

Romania's underfunded public health system teetered on the brink of collapse a few months ago, during the country's last explosion of virus...

Terming Omicron variant as nothing more than a "seasonal cold virus", a US-based cardiologist has warned against "overreaction and over-rea...

The US is the nation hit hardest by the pandemic, and is closing in on its daily high of 250,000 cases recorded last January.

Health experts say that factors such as a weak immune system, old age and comorbidities can heighten the risk of simultaneous infection fro...

"There is no doubt that Europe is once again the epicentre of the global pandemic," said Kluge, the WHO Regional Director for Europe, addin...

Omicron infections are multiplying across Europe, the United States and Asia, including in Japan, where a single cluster at a military base...

Speaking after UK media reported Britain might impose new curbs after Christmas, Johnson said the situation was "extremely difficult" and h...

As case numbers escalated, alarmed ministers in France, and Austria tightened travel restrictions.

Britain recorded 78,610 new infections on Wednesday, the highest confirmed total of any day during the pandemic. But because of vaccines, d...

Among 70 cases reported in Europe that included information on disease severity, half of the patients had no symptoms and half had mild sym...