Germany bars visitors from Britain, N Ireland over Covid variants of concern

May 22, 2021

Berlin [Germany], May 22 : Travellers from Britain and Northern Ireland will be barred from Sunday from entering Germany, which has classified the United...

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...

Israel: Arava region hit by west Nile virus-infected mosquitoes

Aug 03, 2023

The Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Health of Israel announced that 90 female mosquitoes infected with the West Nile virus were...

Delta variant now dominant in European region: WHO, ECDC warn

Jul 26, 2021

New Delhi [India], July 26 : The SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant of concern is now the dominant variant in most of Europe, the World Health...

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.