UNICEF has no plans to evacuate staff from S Africa amid spread of new COVID Strain

Nov 27, 2021

New York [US], November 27 : The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said it does not have a plan to evacuate its staff from...

Omicron: School closures must be 'avoided whenever possible', says UNICEF

Dec 17, 2021

New York [US], December 18 : Despite the rise in the cases of COVID-19 due to the highly transmissible Omicron variant, nationwide school closures...

COVID-19: Health experts emphasize accelerating genome sequencing to detect Omicron variant

Dec 30, 2021

New Delhi [India], December 30 : With rising cases of COVID-19 new Omicron variant in the country, the top health experts are emphasizing accelerating...

Nepal confirms cases of Omicron sub-variant JN1

Jan 08, 2024

Nepal on Monday confirmed cases of Omicron sub-variant JN1.

Cambodia confirms 15 new Omicron cases, 31 in total

Dec 27, 2021

Phnom Penh [Cambodia], December 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Cambodia has recorded 15 more cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, bringing the total number of Omicron...

Pakistan reports four cases of Covid variant JN1

Jan 08, 2024

Four cases of a new variant of COVID JN1, an Omicron sub-variant, have been reported in Pakistan, as reported by ARY News.