Who On Omicron Variant

No country can boost itself out of COVID-19 pandemic, says WHO chief as Omicron variant wreaks havoc worldwide

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus insisted that the priority must remain to get vaccines to vulnerable people everywhere rather than giving additional doses to the already vaccinated

'Three to four cops posted outside my house': Delhi Omicron patient recounts tale of home isolation and hospitalisation

Sahil Thakur, the 27-year-old Rohini resident, said he had been diagnosed with COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic too

Tracking Omicron: Israel reports its first death from COVID-19 variant; WHO warns of ‘another storm coming’

Omicron, first detected in November in South Africa, has rapidly spread across the globe, with 38 of 53 European countries, reporting it to now being the dominant variant

COVID-19 vaccine inequity allowed variants like Omicron to emerge

Wherever COVID-19 has the chance to linger, variants develop and travel. This entirely predictable pattern is destined to repeat itself unless countries with resources share vaccines with others that cannot afford them.

UK reports record 93,045 new COVID-19 cases in third consecutive daily record; Omicron becomes dominant in London

Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is a ‘very serious threat’ and that the country was seeing a considerable wave coming through

India reports 101 Omicron cases; Centre asks citizens to avoid non-essential travel, gatherings

The health ministry said Maharashtra reported 32 cases of the variant, Delhi (22), Rajasthan (17), Karnataka (8), Telangana (8), Gujarat (5), Kerala (5), Andhra Pradesh (1), Chandigarh (1), Tamil Nadu (1) and West Bengal (1)

Joe Biden warns of winter of 'severe illness and death' as Omicron threat grows larger in America

The US president stressed the importance of vaccinated people getting a booster and of those who have yet to be vaccinated receiving their first shot

Omicron spreads further in India: Three cases detected in Telangana, total tally rises to 64

A 24-year-old Kenyan woman, a 23-year-old Somalian man and a seven-year-old child tested positive after arriving at Hyderabad’s international airport on 12 December

Omicron variant probably in most countries, spreading at an unprecedented rate, says WHO

The UN health agency urged countries to quickly rein in transmission and warned against treating the new variant as a ‘mild disease’

As world closes its doors on African nations over Omicron COVID-19 variant, India extends a helping hand

The Centre has announced that in addition to providing COVID-19 vaccines, it will also be ready to supply essential life-saving drugs, test kits, gloves, PPE kits and medical equipment such as ventilators