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Booster shots are instrumental in fighting Omicron, CDC data show
Booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines are not just preventing infections with the contagious…
Pandemic ‘nowhere near over’: WHO chief warns against assumption that Omicron is milder
World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned global leaders that Covid pandemic “is…
Global tourism not expected to return to pre-pandemic levels until 2024: UN agency
With countries battered by Omicron and Deltra variants of Coronavirus, a UN agency has said that…
United Airlines trims its operations as 3,000 employees down with Covid
As many as 3,000 employees or 4.5 per cent of the workforce at United Airlines is…
In this German state, Omicron spreading among vaccinated people
The northern Bremen state in Germany has one of the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the…
Rising Omicron cases may lead to more dangerous variants, warns WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the rising Omicron cases—which is fast becoming the…
UK hospitals to face ‘considerable pressure’, says PM Johnson amid record Omicron cases
UK’s state-run hospitals will face “considerable pressure” in the coming weeks due to the nationwide spread…
‘COVID-19 can end in 2022, if…’, says WHO chief Ghebreyesus amid Omicron spread
World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has expressed optimism that the COVID-19 pandemic can…
Scientists predict omicron will peak in the US in mid-January but still may overwhelm hospitals
With the news that South Africa has passed the peak of its coronavirus cases caused by…
