Study sheds light on origins of Omicron virus

First discovered a year ago in South Africa, the SARS-CoV-2 variant later dubbed "Omicron" spread across the globe...

Daily new fever cases drop below 10,000 in North Korea

Pyongyang [North Korea], June 25 (ANI/Xinhua): About 9,600 fever cases were reported in the past 24 hours through...

COVID-19: Gujarat reports 16,608 new cases, 28 deaths in last...

Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India], January 25 (ANI): Gujarat reported 16,608 new COVID-19 cases and 28 deaths in the...

South Korea registers 2nd-highest daily number of COVID-19 cases

Seoul [South Korea], January 23 (ANI/Sputnik): South Korea registered the second-highest daily number of COVID-19...

First community cases of Omicron coronavirus strain detected...

Hanoi [Vietnam], January 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City has identified the country's first cases of...

Russia's Sputnik V effectiveness against Omicron 75pc:...

Moscow [Russia], January 18 (ANI/Sputnik): The effectiveness of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine against the Omicron...

In view of COVID-19 surge, all elective surgeries curtailed...

New Delhi [India], January 10 (ANI): In view of the rise in cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19, all elective...

Omicron cases rise in Pakistan's capital Islamabad

Islamabad [Pakistan], January 3 (ANI): Pakistan is witnessing a surge in Omicron variant of coronavirus as eight...

UK pledges to provide $141mln to help vulnerable countries...

London [UK], December 30 (ANI/Sputnik): The UK government has pledged £105 million ($141.7 million) in...

Vaccines still effective against Omicron as T cell immunity...

Geneva [Switzerland], December 30 (ANI): Emphasising that the Omicron variant is infecting both vaccinated and...

Omicron becomes dominant COVID-19 variant in Netherlands

The Hague [Netherlands], December 28 (ANI/Xinhua): The Omicron variant of COVID-19 caused more than 50 percent of...

Myanmar confirms four cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19

Yangon [Myanmar], December 28 (ANI): Myanmar's Ministry of Health on Tuesday confirmed the first four cases of the...