WHO: New subvariants of omicron discovered in over 30 countries
Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 have been detected in more than a dozen countries, the World Health Organization said, Report informs referring to CNBC. Less than 700 cases of BA.4…
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Russia restores air service with 50 more states
Russia withdraws pandemic-related flight restrictions to 52 more countries, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced, according to TASS. The federal anti-Covid crisis center informed that Russia withdraws restrictions for regular…
Members of NGIC call for urgent dialogue between Russia and Ukraine
Members of Nizami Ganjavi International Centre (NGIC) call for urgent dialogue between Russia’s and Ukraine. “Our world has been severely impacted over the past two years by the devastating pandemic…
UK to remove all countries from COVID travel red list
The United Kingdom will remove all 11 countries from its COVID-19 travel red list from Wednesday because there is now community transmission of omicron, Health Secretary Sajid Javid told parliament….
Poland applies additional border rules
Poland’s Health Ministry introduces additional border rules amid omicron fears, Report informs, citing Polish media. The changes will come into force on December 15. Travelers from countries not in the…
Maldives confirms first case of Omicron strain
The new and more transmissible variant of Covid-19, ‘Omicron’ has surfaced in the Maldives, Report informs referring to Maldives media. The Health Protection Agency (HPA) revealed this on December 5…
Thailand reports first case of Omicron strain
Thailand has detected its first case of the Omicron coronavirus variant in a US citizen who had traveled to the country from Spain late last month, a health official said…
WHO says no deaths related to omicron variant of coronavirus seen so far
A World Health Organization spokesman said Friday the health body has not seen reports of deaths related to the new omicron variant of coronavirus and stressed that delta remains the…
Virologist talks on omicron variant
Very little is known about omicron, the new COVID variant, which has been identified in South Africa and Botswana. In these countries, the volume of viral sequencing is very low,…
Omicron variant found in 23 countries, more to come, WHO chief says
At least 23 countries, representing five of the six World Health Organization (WHO) regions, have reported cases of the omicron variant of coronavirus, the United Nations’ health agency chief said…