North Korea has ordered a strict national lockdown after confirming its first official Covid infections. The North Korean state media claimed an Omicron outbreak in Pyongyang,...
South Africa’s daily Covid infections rose by almost 60% between Wednesday and Thursday amidst concerns that the country faces a possible fifth wave. There were 9,757...
The World Health Organization (WHO) chief says he is optimistic that the coronavirus pandemic will be defeated in 2022, provided countries work together to contain its...
Australia reported its first confirmed death from the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 on Monday amid its biggest daily surge in infections, but the authorities refrained...
Commercial airlines around the world canceled more than 4,500 flights over the Christmas weekend, as a mounting wave of COVID-19 infections driven by the Omicron variant...
By Femi Onakanre The year is 2021. Specifically, the day is 21st, December, 2021. Time, 5:36am. I was going about my usual morning ritual; reflections on...
Thousands of cases of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus have now been detected and small numbers of people are ending up in hospital. With infections...
UK researchers have analysed the likely impact that a Covid booster shot will have on Omicron and say it could provide around 85% protection against severe...
The government says that Nigeria and 10 other countries will be removed from the UK’s travel red list from 4am on Wednesday. The other countries on...
The UK says the travel red list it imposed on certain countries is set to be scrapped as soon as this week. This decision comes barely...
