NEW DELHI, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) — India on Saturday reported its third case of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, local media reports said. The case was detected in the Jamnagar district of the western state of Gujarat. “A man who returned from Zimbabwe has been found infected with the Omicron variant of coronavirus in Gujarat’s Jamnagar,” … Read more
HOEDSPRUIT – Sabine Stam didn’t expect to have her feet up, sipping white wine on the deck of a half-empty safari lodge near South Africa’s Kruger National Park. Her tour company was full of bookings for the December peak season. Then Omicron came. First reported by South African scientists to the World Health Organization on … Read more
LONDON – European equities fell in opening deals on Tuesday after the head of Moderna warned current coronavirus vaccines might be less effective at fending off the Omicron variant. In initial trade, London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index reversed 0.9 percent to 7,047.14 points. In the eurozone, Frankfurt’s DAX shed 0.9 percent to 15,137.86 points and … Read more
GENEVA, The World Health Organization warned Monday the new Covid-19 Omicron variant poses a “very high” risk globally, despite uncertainties about the danger and contagion levels of the new strain. The UN health agency said the Covid strain first discovered in southern Africa was a “highly divergent variant with a high number of mutations… some of which are concerning … Read more
