Tag: COVID19

Karachi, Jan 21 (Reuters) - Pakistan has reported more than 7,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day, its highest daily number of infections since the pandemic began, as the South Asian nation imposes new restrictions to curb the fast-spreading Omicron variant. At least 7,678 cases in the past 24 hours pushed the positivity ratio to 12.93 percent – the highest ever in the ...

Sri Lanka has detected 160 new cases of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 (B.1.1.529), says Dr. Chandima Jeewandara, the Director of the Department of Immunology & Molecular Medicine at Sri Jayewardenepura University.

Covid-19 deaths and cases update in Sri Lanka.

On Friday, India reported 117,100 new COVID-19 cases, the highest number since early June, as the Omicron variation overtakes the Delta variant in urban areas.

Sri Lanka’s Director-General of Health Services issued updated guidelines that need to be followed from the 16th to the 30th of November, to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Tuesday announced new guidelines as part of the “yellow alert” that is being imposed in the national capital with rising Covid-19 cases. The city has witnessed the highest single-day spike in cases in nearly six months.

After struggling with the coronavirus for far too long, the world understands all too well Belgium’s word of the year, “knaldrang!” — the urge to party, the need to let loose. Yet as New Year celebrations approach, the omicron variant is casting more gloom.

The surge in the cases of omicron variants has raised questions on the possibility of an another wave of coronavirus and the effectiveness of the vaccines being administered.

A dentist in Italy faces possible criminal charges after trying to receive a coronavirus vaccine in a fake arm made of silicone.

The world should not panic about the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 but it should prepare, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.