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Covid-19 surge in South Korea, Hong Kong. How worried should we be?

There’s a jump in infections with 11 million new cases reported from 7 March to 13 March. The WHO is calling it the “tip of the iceberg”

China locks down over 17.5 million people in business center of Shenzhen to fight COVID-19 surge

The number of new COVID-19 cases in an outbreak in China's northeast tripled Sunday and authorities tightened control on access to Shanghai in the east, suspending bus service to the city and requiring a virus test for anyone who wants to enter.

China's daily COVID cases hit two-year high; reports nearly 2,000 new infections

Of the new local infections, 1,412 were reported in Jilin province, where China last Friday ordered a lockdown of the nine million residents of the provincial capital Changchun amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases in the area attributed to the highly contagious omicron variant.

COVID-19: Do we need new variant-targeted vaccines and how is Sputnik V better

Some SARS-CoV-2 variants are labelled as variants of concern if they become more infective, render available treatment ineffective or become more lethal. The new variants my reduce the protection offered in a population against the old variants acquired by infection or vaccination.

France detects new COVID-19 variant 'IHU', more infectious than Omicron: All we know about it

The new variant — B.1.640.2 — which has been detected in 12 patients near Marseille, contains 46 mutations, making it more resistant to vaccines and infectious

Corona cannot stop India's pace, will fight the pandemic with full caution, vigilance, says PM Modi

Narendra Modi lauded India's achievement in providing over 145 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine

Delhi adds 496 new COVID cases, highest since 4 June; positivity rate rises to 0.89%

The surge in Omicron infections and COVID cases in the past two days have forced the Delhi government to sound a 'yellow alert' in the capital

India reports 7,081 fresh COVID-19 cases, 264 deaths in day

The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been recorded below 15,000 for the last 52 days now

Rising COVID-19 cases driven by Omicron variant in Europe cast pall over holiday cheer

The UK recorded 78,610 new cases on Wednesday, which is 16 percent higher than the previous record set in January.

China detects first Omicron case as it prepares to host Winter Olympics in February

The world's most populous nation is on high alert for potential outbreaks as it prepares to host the upcoming Games