UK hikes virus alert level as Omicron variant surges

Dec 12, 2021

London [UK], December 13 : UK COVID-19 alert level raised to second-highest tier amid increasing Omicron cases on Sunday.

AstraZeneca's vaccine less protective against virus variant in South Africa

Feb 08, 2021

Cape Town [South Africa], February 8 : South Africa is pausing the country's rollout of Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine after a study showed it offered...

Sputnik V demonstrates high virus neutralizing activity against Omicron: Study

Dec 22, 2021

Moscow [Russia], December 22 : Sputnik V demonstrates high virus-neutralizing activity against Omicron variant, according to a study by Gamaleya Center's preliminary laboratory.

First case of Omicron detected in Maldives

Dec 07, 2021

Male [Maldives], December 7 (ANI/Xinhua): Maldives has recorded its first case of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus, local media reported Tuesday.

Omicron replaces Delta as dominant variant with 67.5 pc positivity rate in Karnataka: Health Minister

Jan 29, 2022

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 29 : Karnataka Health Minister Sudhakar K on Friday said that statistics show that the Delta variant of COVID-19 has...

COVID-19: Omicron found in 94 per cent of positive samples in Kerala, says Health Minister Veena George

Jan 28, 2022

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], January 28 : Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Thursday said that most of the positive COVID-19 samples, sent for the...