The number of hospitalisations is likely to rise as the Omicron variant has been reported in 57 nations, with COVID-19 cases rising in southern Africa, including Zimbabwe, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. The WHO, in its weekly epidemiological report, said more data was needed to assess the severity of disease caused by مزید پڑھیں

Omicron does not appear to cause more severe disease than previous Covid variants, and is “highly unlikely” to fully dodge vaccine protections, a top WHO official told AFP Tuesday. Speaking to AFP, the World Health Organization’s second-in-command, said that while a lot remained to be learned about the new, heavily mutated variant of Covid-19, preliminary مزید پڑھیں

World Health Organization (WHO) official says,”Existing vaccines should still protect people who contract the Omicron variant from severe Covid cases. It comes as the first lab tests of the new variant in South Africa suggest it can partially evade the Pfizer jab. Researchers say there was a “very large drop” in how well the vaccine’s مزید پڑھیں

Thailand has detected its first case of the Omicron coronavirus variant in a U.S. citizen who had travelled to the country from Spain late last month. The confirmed case in the man, who had arrived on Nov. 29, makes Thailand the 47th country to have found the new variant, Opas Karnkawinpong, Director-General of the Department مزید پڑھیں

Future pandemics could be even more lethal than COVID-19 so the lessons learned from the pandemic must not be squandered. “This will not be the last time a virus threatens our lives and our livelihoods,” Sarah Gilbert said in the Richard Dimbleby Lecture,” “The truth is, the next one could be worse. It could be مزید پڑھیں

ince the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved emergency use of COVID-19 vaccines, many people have wondered whether one vaccine is better than the other. Now, the first head-to-head comparison of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines has been released. Researchers from the Department of Veterans Affairs, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Brigham مزید پڑھیں

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is likely to downgrade its global economic growth projection due to the emergence of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus, said its Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva Friday. Addressing the Reuters Next conference, Georgieva said, “A new variant that may spread very rapidly can dent confidence, and in that sense, مزید پڑھیں

Canada’s Ontario province, its most populous and with its most Covid infections, announced Thursday it is lowering the eligibility age for Covid boosters from 70 to 50 years old. These third shots will be available starting December 13, the government said in a statement, adding that it plans in January to further expand eligibility for مزید پڑھیں

The WHO said Tuesday that those not fully vaccinated against Covid-19 who are also vulnerable to the disease, including over-60s, should put off travel to areas with community transmission. The World Health Organization also said blanket travel bans would not stop the spread of the Omicron variant. The new Covid-19 variant of concern, which the مزید پڑھیں

National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has said that a total of 40 call centers have been established to reach out people who have not got their second dose and number of these centers will also be increased to ensure second dose of vaccine. The NCOC meeting held virtually chaired by Minister for Planning Asad مزید پڑھیں