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The surge has already overwhelmed testing stations, prompted new vaccine mandates and caused at least one state to cut back on surgeries

Coronavirus cases surge across Australia as omicron explodes

The surge has already overwhelmed testing stations, prompted new vaccine mandates and caused at least one state to cut...

29 Dec 2021 5:15 AM GMT

This photo taken on December 25, 2021 shows residents undergoing a nucleic acid test for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Xian in Chinas northern Shaanxi province. (AFP)

China expands lockdowns as COVID cases climb

China has followed a 'zero-Covid' strategy of tight border restrictions, lengthy quarantines and targeted lockdowns

28 Dec 2021 8:00 AM GMT

A middle school principal walks the empty halls of his school as he speaks with one of his teachers to get an update on her COVID-19 symptoms. (AP/Stephen B. Morton, File)

US health officials recommend shorter COVID isolation, quarantine

People with symptoms during isolation, or who develop symptoms during quarantine, are encouraged to stay home

28 Dec 2021 6:24 AM GMT

The new law will come into effect from January 1, 2022. (Representational image: PTI)

Sri Lanka makes defence ministry's NOC mandatory for foreigners...

Registrar General WMMB Weerasekera, in a circular dated October 18, said that the decision has been taken due to...

27 Dec 2021 7:06 AM GMT

A man has a swab taken at a drive-through COVID-19 testing clinic at Bondi Beach in Sydney, on Dec. 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Australia's most populous state reports first omicron death

The fatal case was identified as a man in his 80s who was infected at an aged care facility in western Sydney

27 Dec 2021 5:19 AM GMT

Crowded Sarojini Nagar market amid rising cases of Omicron variant of COVID-19 in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

COVID-19 will not be the last pandemic humanity will face, warns UN...

The first-ever International Day of Epidemic Preparedness was marked on December 27 last year

27 Dec 2021 4:25 AM GMT

The outspoken Tutu was considered the nations conscience by both Black and white, an enduring testament to his faith and spirit of reconciliation in a divided nation. (File Photo: Reuters)

South African anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Tutu dies aged 90

In his final years, he regretted that his dream of a 'Rainbow Nation' had yet to come true

26 Dec 2021 8:28 AM GMT

The fire also left over 200 others with burn injuries. (Photo: Twitter)

40 people dead after fire breaks out aboard packed ferry in Bangladesh

The fire broke out around 3:00 am (local time) on Friday in the engine room of the Barguna-bound MV Abhijan-10 launch

24 Dec 2021 6:15 AM GMT

Health workers process COVID-19 PCR tests at an outdoor testing site aside the Long Island Sound in Stamford, Connecticut. (Photo: AFP)

Omicron likely to be dominant strain globally in 2022: Singapore...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for the world to pull together to end the COVID-19 pandemic next year

24 Dec 2021 4:39 AM GMT

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of World Health Organization (AFP)

Boosters may prolong COVID pandemic, warns WHO chief

Unrestrained end-of-year celebrations could still prove to be major source of new infections, the WHO warned

23 Dec 2021 6:51 AM GMT

A medical worker guides people as they wait for their coronavirus test at a makeshift testing site in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo: AP)

South Korea marks deadliest day of pandemic as omicron looms

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said a record 109 people died in the last 24-hour period

23 Dec 2021 6:24 AM GMT

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates (ANI)

World could be entering worst part of pandemic: Bill Gates on Omicron...

Bill Gates also claimed that the pandemic wave due to Omicron would last less than three months

22 Dec 2021 4:47 AM GMT