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Cases dip: As India looks to the UK for its pattern of dealing with Omicron, the figures would on the face of it seem encouraging. The number of daily cases has fallen to a third of a peak of 216,000 only some days back. But consider that…

Cases of Covid have plummeted in Africa and deaths are declining for the first time since the Omicron-dominated fourth wave of the virus reached its peak, the UN said Thursday. Describing the 56-day…

Omicron-led third wave of COVID19 has already reached its peak in Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata, and hence, there has been a significant drop in the number of daily cases in these cities. Manindra Agrawal, IIT Kanpur professor, and…

It is common knowledge now that Omicron spreads faster than other COVID variants. But how fast does it actually transmit? To answer that Karnataka health minister Dr Sudhakar K shared data on case doubling rates of all three…

Russia is bracing itself for another COVID-19 wave early next year, sparked largely by the spread of the highly contagious Omicron strain that has spooked markets and lawmakers in recent weeks, three sources in political circles told…