Corona Updates

Australia reported record high new COVID-19 cases on Saturday for a third day, with outbreaks growing in the two most populous states, however Prime Minister Scott Morrison continued to downplay the risks as the country eases pandemic…
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Amid the worry around the new Omicron variant of coronavirus, a new warning from some health experts has led to concerns across the world. The Omicron, since its discovery in South Africa last month, is on its way to become the dominant…
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As many as 101 cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus have been detected in 11 states and union territories so far, the government said on Friday and advised people to avoid non-essential travel and keep New Year celebrations low-key.…
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The new Omicron variant of COVID-19 has spread to the northern state of Uttar Pradesh which reported its first case on Friday night after genome sequencing confirmed it. The patients, a man and a woman in their 60s from Ghaziabad were…
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Russia’s twin-dose Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine, and a booster shot of the single-dose Sputnik Light jab, are together expected to have an efficacy of more than 80 per cent against the Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant, the Russian Direct…
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Maharashtra reported eight more cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, which have now taken the state’s tally of such infections to 40, the health department said on Friday. Of the eight new Omicron cases, six have been reported…
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The owner of Parlez, a pub and restaurant in south London, hoped that sales this Christmas would have bounced back fully from last winter’s Covid-19 lockdown. Instead, every one of this week’s group reservations canceled their bookings.…
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Omicron, the ‘variant of concern’, is on its way to become the dominant strain of the coronavirus across the world, as feared by the health experts and world leaders. Since its detection in South Africa three weeks ago, Omicron cases have…
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Some 110,000 fake health passes are in circulation in France, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday, with hundreds of investigations launched against makers and users of the forged documents. The health pass, showing proof of vaccination,…
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The lightning spread of omicron in Europe and elsewhere added a sense of urgency to an EU summit on Thursday, with leaders struggling to present a united, bloc-wide approach. Projections that the highly mutated Covid strain could be…
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