[ad_1] SEOUL: South Korea reported more than 400,000 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, a new record, as the country continues to ease restrictions despite the Omicron-fuelled wave of infections. Health authorities said 400,741 cases were…
[ad_1] BEIJING: Millions of people across China endured lockdowns on Sunday as virus cases doubled to nearly 3,400 and anxiety mounted over the resilience of the country's 'zero-Covid' approach in the face of the worst…
[ad_1] HONG KONG: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Saturday that the city's Covid-19 outbreak wasn't yet past its peak despite recent daily case numbers showing a slight levelling off. "At this moment, we…
[ad_1] SHANGHAI: Mainland China reported more than 1,500 new local Covid-19 infections on Saturday, the most since the initial nationwide outbreak at the start of 2020, as the Omicron variant prompts cities across the country…
[ad_1] HONG KONG: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Thursday it was not the time to lift a ban on flights from nine countries including the United States and Britain, with plans to reopen…
[ad_1] BEIJING: Mainland China reported 402 locally transmitted Covid-19 infections with confirmed symptom for March 9, official data showed on Thursday, nearly doubling from the daily count a day earlier. Of the new local symptomatic…
[ad_1] LONDON: The European Medicines Agency's leading vaccine expert said he was not concerned over recent data from New York state on a decline of protection from the Pfizer and BioNTech SE Covid-19 vaccine in…
[ad_1] TOKYO: The Omicron strain of Covid-19 is at least 40% more lethal than seasonal flu, according Japanese scientists, underscoring the potential danger of lifting pandemic curbs too quickly and underestimating the virus’s ongoing health…
[ad_1] Experts say it's not likely that the highly transmissible variant - or any other variant - will lead to herd immunity. "Herd immunity is an elusive concept and doesn't apply to coronavirus," says Dr.…
[ad_1] WASHINGTON: The current drugs to treat Covid-19 remain very effective against the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to a laboratory study. However, available antibody therapies -- typically given intravenously in hospitals --…
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