Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], December 22 (ANI): Amid the Omicron scare, District Commissioner of Bengaluru Urban J Manjunath on Tuesday urged people not to panic and said that the district is going to achieve 100 per cent second dose COVID vaccination soon.
Quito [Ecuador], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Ecuador has confirmed 19 more cases of the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus, bringing its total number of cases to 22, the Ministry of Public Health said Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): The hotels in New Delhi that were hoping to recover after the second COVID-19 wave in the country, have reported less number of bookings in this festive season as compared to the pre-pandemic era due to the fear of the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron.
Washington [US], December 22 (ANI): With COVID-19 cases again surging in the US because of the omicron variant, President Joe Biden unveiled new plans to increase support for hospitals, improving access to COVID-19 testing through hundreds of millions of rapid at-home tests and expanding
Washington [US], December 22 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Tuesday (local time) said that people who are "not fully vaccinated" have "good reason to be concerned" about the spread of the Omicron variant.
London [UK], December 22 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday that the government has no plans of issuing tougher COVID-19 restrictions despite a surge in cases of the Omicron variant.
Balochistan [Pakistan], December 22 (ANI): At least 30 suspected cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 were reported in Pakistan's Balochistan province on Tuesday, local media reported.
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 22 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel on Tuesday reported 166 new cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, according to the country's health ministry.
Washington [US], December 21 (ANI/Sputnik): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has discussed efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, including the newly discovered Omicron variant, during a virtual meeting with several foreign ministers and regional organization representatives, the State
Madrid [Spain], December 21 (ANI/ Sputnik): Electricity prices in Spain will break the record of 360.02 Euros ($405) per megawatt-hour on December 22, the Spanish electricity market operator OMIE said on Tuesday.
Washington [US], December 21 (ANI): The US is rolling out new measures to fight COVID-19 variant Omicron by providing an additional USD 580 million from the American Rescue Plan Act to support seven partners who are working tirelessly in the global fight against coronavirus.
Geneva [Switzerland], December 21 (ANI): Noting that over 3.3 million people have lost their lives to COVID-19 this year - more deaths than from HIV, malaria and tuberculosis combined in 2020 -- WHO has said that "2022 must be the year we end the pandemic".