Omicron’

South Africa is experiencing a surge of new COVID-19 cases driven by two omicron sub-variants, according to health experts. The new increase in COVID cases is coming as the country enters the Southern Hemisphere's colder winter months,…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) says while the BA.2 of the Omicron variant sub lineage is more transmissible, it is not more severe than BA.1 . READ ALSO: Omicron BA.2 sublineage remains variant of concern -WHO The Technical lead…

Zimbabwe’s government said on Tuesday that it will stop payment of salaries to members of staff who are unvaccinated against Covid-19. It has also ordered those who have received jabs to report for work at their offices “with immediate…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised countries to adhere strictly to the COVID safety protocols such as the use of face masks, social distancing and hand-washing to curb the fast spread of the BA.2; one of the three sublineages…

The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Zubairu Dada has called for removal of recent restrictions placed on Nigerians intending to visit the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia over the outbreak of the Omicron Variant of COVID 19 across…

After a six-week surge, Africa’s fourth pandemic wave driven primarily by the Omicron variant is flattening, marking the shortest-lived surge to date in the continent where cumulative cases have now exceeded 10 million. READ ALSO: …

The global health body World Health Organisation -WHO says the overall risk related to the Omicron variant of COVID-19 remains very high, noting that the new strain has a significant growth advantage over the Delta variant on Tuesday.…

World Health Organisation said yesterday that the spread of Omicron was down to a combination of factors including the make-up of the COVID-19 variant and increased social mixing. The WHO’s COVID-19 technical lead, Maria Van Kerkhove…

World Health Organisation yesterday warned that, the rush in wealthy countries to roll out additional COVID-19 vaccine doses was deepening the inequity in access to jabs. The blanket drive to push for booster shots WHO Chief says, is also…

The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged people to cancel some of their holiday plans to protect public health, as the Omicron variant spreads globally. READ ALSO: Full booster dose improves protection against Omicron -Moderna…