Washington [US], December 22 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Tuesday (local time) announced the purchase of a half-billion, at-home rapid COVID-19 tests and the mobilization of 1,000 military medical personnel to overburdened hospitals, as officials confront a new surge in Omicron infection
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 21 (ANI): Kerala reported 2,748 new COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, the state health department said in a bulletin on Tuesday.
Abuja [Nigeria], December 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Nigeria is now experiencing a fourth COVID-19 wave, health authorities in the country have said, attributing it to the rise in Delta and Omicron variants infections.
Zurich [Switzerland], December 21 (ANI): FIFA president Gianni Infantino on Monday claimed staging the World Cup every two years would create an extra $4.4 billion in revenues for the world body.
Bogota [Colombia], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): Colombia has identified three cases of the Omicron coronavirus strain in people arriving from abroad, the first indication that the highly infectious variant has spread to the Latin American nation, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection sa
Washington [US], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) put eight more countries on its list of states that Americans should avoid due to the high risk of being infected with the novel coronavirus, including Spain and Finland.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], December 21 (ANI): Two people in Dehradun is suspected to be infected with the COVID-19 variant of Omicron after meeting their relative in Delhi who have been tested positive with the Omicron variant of the virus, said R Rajesh Kumar, District Magistrate, Dehr
Ankara [Turkey], December 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Turkey on Monday reported 18,762 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 9,189,881, according to its health ministry.
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI): Amid rising cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19, the expert has cautioned that though the new strain does not manifest severe symptoms in vaccinated people, it might cause serious infection in unvaccinated people.
Washington [US], December 20 (ANI): A new research has moved a step closer to harnessing viruses to fight bacterial infection, reducing the threat of antibiotic resistance.
Geneva [Switzerland], December 20 (ANI): World Health Organisation chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday said that evidence has shown Omicron spreads faster than other coronavirus variants.