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Arunachal Pradesh also demarcated separately, Santanu Sen tells RS

He said that several things were on Europe's side

Vaccinations, milder Omicron and arrival of spring should keep death rate low as cases rise to all time high

Dr Hans Kluge said new variants are inevitable but suggested that previous lockdown measures will not be needed.

Unlike rich countries, African nations have very limited access to COVID-19 tests, especially at-home tests

The director of the World Health Organization’s Europe office said the continent is now entering a “plausible endgame” to the pandemic and that the number of coronavirus deaths is now starting to plateau

Europe could enter ‘long period of Covid tranquility’ due to high vaccination rates, WHO says; record 1.33 million UK long Covid patients

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…