Ankara [Turkey], December 12 (ANI/Sputnik): Six cases of the new Omicron coronavirus strain were registered in Turkey, the country's Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said Saturday.
London [UK], December 12 (ANI): With 633 Omicron cases, the UK on Saturday registered the biggest daily increase since the COVID-19 variant was detected in the country.
Tel Aviv [Israel], December 12 (ANI/Xinhua): Israel on Saturday reported 20 new cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, raising the total Omicron cases in the country to 55, according to the Israeli Health Ministry.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 11 (ANI): With zero cases of Omicron, the new variant of COVID-19, reported in Maharashtra on Saturday, the tally of cases remained at 17 in the state, informed the state government.
Cairo [Bahrain], December 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The first case of the Omicron coronavirus strain was detected in Bahrain, the ministry of health said on Saturday.
Dibrugarh (Assam) [India], December 11 (ANI): Amid rising cases of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in Dibrugarh, Assam has designed a testing kit that will be able to detect the virus in two hours time.
Lusaka [Zambia], December 11 (ANI/Xinhua): Zambia recorded eight more Omicron COVID-19 cases this week, bringing the cases of the new variant to 11, the country's health ministry said Saturday.
Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 11 (ANI): Bangladesh has detected its first cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, said the country's Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Saturday.
Nicosia [Cyprus], December 11 (ANI/Sputnik): The first three cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant were identified in the coastal city of Limassol in Cyprus, the ministry of health said.
Moscow [Russia], December 11 (ANI/Sputnik): Patients infected with the Omicron variant of COVID-19, who arrived in Russia from South Africa, were earlier vaccinated, their disease is mild, Alexander Gintsburg, director of Russia's Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Micr
New Delhi [India], December 11 (ANI): The Zimbabwe returnee, who tested positive for Omicron variant on Saturday, is asymptomatic and only complains of weakness, said sources in the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital here.