Omicron arrives in Iraq
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases is increasing again in Iraq as the omicron variant spreads and vaccination rates remain low, but the new strain’s milder symptoms are relieving pressure Continue Reading
Beijing Olympics says growing COVID cases are ‘within controllable range’
The COVID-19 situation at the Beijing Winter Olympics is within the “expected controllable range”, despite increasing positive cases being detected, a senior official at China’s Olympics Pandemic Prevention and Control Continue Reading
Beijing seals off more residential areas, reports 12 cases
Beijing officials said Sunday they had sealed off several residential communities north of the city center after two cases of COVID-19 were found. The Chinese capital is on high alert Continue Reading
Russia’s daily COVID-19 count soars above 110,000
Russia has confirmed 11,404,617 cases of coronavirus and 328,770 deaths, according to the national coronavirus information center. Russia’s total excess fatality count since the start of the coronavirus pandemic is Continue Reading
China lifts COVID lockdown in Xi’an, tests 2M in Beijing
Chinese authorities lifted a monthlong lockdown on the northern city of Xi’an and its 13 million residents Monday as infections subside ahead of the opening of the Winter Olympics in Continue Reading
Beijing introduces more COVID measures as cases mount before Olympics
Beijing’s city government on Sunday introduced new measures to contain a recent outbreak of COVID-19, as China’s capital continued to report new local cases of the virus less than two Continue Reading
First flights leave Chinese city Xi’an as travel curbs ease
The first commercial airline flights in one month took off Saturday from Xi’an in western China as the government eased travel curbs imposed after a coronavirus outbreak ahead of next Continue Reading
U.S. studies highlight the need for COVID boosters to fight Omicron
Three U.S. studies show that the third dose of an mRNA vaccine is key to fighting the Omicron coronavirus variant, providing 90% protection against hospitalization due to COVID-19, the U.S. Continue Reading
Sputnik V shows higher Omicron-antibody levels than Pfizer in preliminary study
A small preliminary laboratory study has shown that levels of Omicron-neutralising antibodies of people vaccinated with Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine did not decline as much as of those who had Continue Reading
Coronavirus spreading like never before in Americas, health agency says
COVID-19 infections are reaching new peaks in the Americas with 7.2 million new cases and more than 15,000 COVID-related deaths in the last week, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Continue Reading