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The variant, believed to be more infectious than all previous strains, was first detected in South Africa and flagged as a "variant of concern" by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday.

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 48,201,840 and 776,517, respectively according to the CSSE.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, decreased 0.75 per cent at 96.0468 in late trading.

New York: New York State Governor Kathy Hochul on Friday declared a disaster emergency for the entire state through January 15, 2022 amid a new wave of Covid-19 infections. New York State is now experiencing Covid-19 transmission at rates unseen since April 2020, Hochul said in an executive order. The state had 6,295 new cases […]

permanent residents from (South Africa), according to Spahn.

The new variant, known as B.1.1.529, has been detected in small numbers in South Africa. The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday assigned the Greek letter Omicron to the variant.

New Delhi: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has classified the new Covid variant detected in southern Africa this week as the ‘Variant of Concern’ following the Technical Advisory Group meeting on Friday. “Based on the evidence presented indicative of a detrimental change in Covid-19 epidemiology, the TAG-VE has advised WHO that this variant should be […]

Meanwhile, Sri Lankan medical experts also have warned that a new Covid-19 variant like the one spreading in South Africa could emerge in Sri Lanka as well at any given time.

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 48,177,907 and 776,349, respectively according to the CSSE.

The age-old trick that BJP has done before too, of passing off photos from elsewhere as of development achieved by the party, this time however has boomeranged with Chinese media too calling them out on the fraud.

This comes as the World Health Organisation (WHO) has named the new COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529, which has been detected in South Africa, as 'Omicron' and alarmed the siren among countries of the new variant.

According to market research firm Counterpoint, driven by the iPhone 13 series, Apple's sales grew 46 per cent MoM, the highest among all major OEMs in the country.

The brakes on the bus, which was running on a highway and heading to a religious shrine in the state of Mexico from the neighbouring Michaocan state on Friday.

The Health Ministry said in a statement Friday that the traveller and two other suspected cases have been placed in isolation.

Brussels: The European Union’s executive said on Friday it wants to stop air travel from southern Africa to counter the spread of a new COVID-19 variant. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement that she “proposes, in close coordination with the member states, to activate the emergency brake to stop air […]

Professor Anne von Gottberg from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases said the variant had been detected in about 100 genomes so far.

"Mutual recognition of Covid-19 vaccination certificates continues! Fifteen more recognitions for India's vaccination certificate," said MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi in a tweet.

The suspension will come into effect starting at 11.59 p.m. and will remain in place until further notice, the Moroccan Monitoring Committee of Covid-19 said in a statement.

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 48,126,373 and 775,785, respectively according to the CSSE.

Brussels: A complete vaccination against Covid-19 will grant the European Union (EU) citizens free movement within the bloc for nine months, starting from the date of the last shot, said Didier Reynders, European Commissioner for Justice. Reynders on Thursday was presenting a proposal of the European Commission to update travel measures during the pandemic, Xinhua […]

London: UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid on Thursday announced a temporary suspension of flights from six countries after reports emerged that a new COVID variant with more than 30 mutations is spreading in South Africa. It comes as Variant B.1.1.529 is declared a Variant under Investigation (VuI) by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). “The […]

It was the most deadly mine accident in five years in the country, Xinhua news agency reported.

The top five use cases for AI software spending in 2022 will be knowledge management, virtual assistants, autonomous vehicles, digital workplace and crowdsourced data.

Only 10 cases of the strain, which could eventually be named 'Nu', have been detected so far.