The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

HYDERABAD: A day after India's first case of BA.4 subvariant of Omicron was reported from Hyderabad, it has now emerged that the South African national, who tested positive for the variant, had enrolled himself under a corporate educational exchange programme in a city business school a week ago.

NEW YORK — Masking must go on.

Two types of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 have been classified as variants of concern in the UK, it was announced on Friday.

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DETROIT — The residents of 22 Michigan counties should wear masks while inside, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises, up from 16 counties a week prior.

Omicron BA.4 and Omicron BA.5 could have what is described as a 'growth advantage' over the Omicron BA.2 variant that is dominant in the UK

The situation in North Korea long has been worrying to those concerned about potentially capricious military actions on the part of paranoid authoritarian regimes. But COVID-19 is presenting new concerns, both to the people of North Korea and the world beyond.

The team of researchers has found that the Omicron variant induces only a weak immune response. 

In light of the approaching winter months combined with the recent lifting of the national disaster act, South Africans have anxiously been watching an increase in COVID infections. The Conversation Africa spoke to infectious disease specialist Veronica Ueckermann about the current trajectory of the pandemic in the country.

Vaccinated people were shown to receive a boost of protection after having Omicron.

Pyongyang’s gamble on extreme isolation has unravelled as Omicron sweeps the country