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The four sub-variants of Omicron collectively account for 93 per cent of all Covid specimens collected in the past month, says WHO

Disease prevention with COVID-appropriate behaviour and vaccination is still necessary

The 36 volunteers aged 18 to 29, who had never had Covid, were deliberately infected with a small dose of the virus

Omicron BA.2 is more transmissible than BA.1, says a study conducted by Statens Serum Institut, which conducts infectious disease and biological threat surveillance for the Danish government. "Several countries, including Denmark, have observed the two Omicron sub variants: BA.1 and BA.2. In Denmark the latter has rapidly replaced the former…

UN health agency says initial data shows BA.2 is a little more infectious than earlier versions of Omicron.

A sub-variant of the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus strain, which some studies indicate could be even more infectious than the original version, has been detected in 57 countries, the WHO said Tuesday.

The four sub-variants of Omicron collectively account for 93 per cent of all Covid specimens collected in the past month, says WHO

Many countries have not reached their peak in cases of the Omicron variant, the World Health Organisation says. Here's a wrap of COVID news.

The World Health Organization chief says 90 million cases of coronavirus have been reported since the omicron variant was first identified 10 weeks ago, amounting to more than in all of 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic

The World Health Organization chief warned Tuesday that it is too early for countries to either declare victory over Covid-19 or give up attempts to halt transmission.

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