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  • WHO says has no data on Omicron's ability to cause more severe disease than other strains

    Date: 2021-11-29 06:30:17 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:9 - ID:9292856

    GENEVA, Nov 29 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) said it has no data on the potential ability of the new SARS-CoV-2 new variant, Omicron, to cause a more severe disease that other coronavirus variants, Trend News Agency reported. 'It ....

  • JHU: Global coronavirus cases exceed 261 mn

    Date: 2021-11-29 05:55:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:9292828

    WASHINGTON, Nov 29 (MENA) - As many as 261,495,713 people are reported to be infected with the novel coronavirus globally, Johns Hopkins University (JHU) said on Monday. It added that 5,199,827 people have died from the virus worldwide. The US ....

  • Russia, China, Iran hold informal consultations ahead of Vienna nuclear talks

    Date: 2021-11-29 05:36:44 GMT - Russia - World - SN:3 - ID:9292810

    MOSCOW, Nov 29 (MENA) - Iran, China and Russia held useful informal consultations ahead of the beginning of the Vienna talks on the restoration of the Iran nuclear deal, Russia's Permanent Representative to the Vienna-based international ....

  • Canada reports country’s first two cases of omicron COVID-19 variant

    Date: 2021-11-29 05:19:55 GMT - Canada - World - SN:2 - ID:9292795

    OTTAWA, Nov 29 (MENA) - Canada on Sunday confirmed two cases of the new highly mutated Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus in the federal capital Ottawa, the first to be found in North America, an official statement from the Ontario ....

  • WHO says it is not yet clear if Omicron causes more severe disease

    Date: 2021-11-28 22:46:32 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:81 - ID:9292729

    GENEVA, Nov 28 (MENA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Sunday that it is not yet clear if the new Omicron coronavirus variant is more transmissible compared to other SARS-CoV-2 variants or if it causes more severe ....

  • UK calls urgent G7 health ministers’ meeting to discuss Omicron variant

    Date: 2021-11-28 22:21:24 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:79 - ID:9292694

    LONDON, Nov 28 (MENA) – Health ministers from the world’s richest seven democracies will convene on Monday to discuss the new coronavirus variant of concern, Omicron, the UK government announced Sunday. The government said in a statement that the ....

  • Fauci warns of "potential" for new COVID-19 wave, stressing vaccines, boosters

    Date: 2021-11-28 21:45:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:77 - ID:9292693

    WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (MENA) - Anthony Fauci, the chief medical adviser to US President Joe Biden, warned the US could potentially experience a fifth wave of coronavirus infections, but said increasing the number of Americans who are vaccinated against ....

  • Thousands protests against Covid measures in Prague

    Date: 2021-11-28 21:32:38 GMT - Czech - World - SN:76 - ID:9292692

    PRAGUE, Nov 28 (MENA) - Over 2,500 people gathered on Prague’s Letna plain on Sunday to protest against the Covid restrictions imposed and call for an end of discrimination of people not vaccinated against Covid, according to Radio Prague. The ....

  • Germany confirms third case of omicron variant

    Date: 2021-11-28 20:20:03 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:75 - ID:9292598

    BERLIN, Nov 28 (MENA) - Germany said Sunday it had detected a total of three cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant after a suspected infection in the western state of Hesse was confirmed, Deutsche Welle reported. "The sequencing has ....

  • Swiss voters back Covid pass law

    Date: 2021-11-28 20:14:25 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:72 - ID:9292595

    GENEVA, Nov 28 (MENA) - Swiss voters firmly backed the law behind the country's Covid pass in a referendum Sunday, following a tense campaign that saw unprecedented levels of hostility, The Local reported. The law provides the legal basis for ....

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