China study warns of 'colossal' COVID outbreak if it opens up
The country could face more than 630,000 COVID-19 infections a day if it dropped its zero-tolerance policies by lifting travel curbs
How Omicron, the new
variant, got its name
There are now seven “variants of interest” or “variants of concern,” and they each have a Greek letter
When is the next COVID surge?
Amid sporadic cases, experts say Bangladesh must take steps to stop any vaccine-resistant variant of the coronavirus from entering the country
African nations are
blamed, banned as
new variant spreads
Officials trade blame over how the failures of the global vaccination effort are allowing the coronavirus to mutate
UK reports 2 Omicron variant cases
One case of the new coronavirus variant is found in Chelmsford, the other in Nottingham, says health minister Sajid Javid
NY governor declares
state of emergency
The new measures in New York, where COVID-19 caused thousands of deaths in 2020, will take effect Dec 3
We’re being punished for early
variant detection: S Africa
Many nations rushed on Friday and Saturday to announce travel curbs to South Africa and other countries in the region
How worried should we be
about the Omicron variant?
Mutations might help the new coronavirus variant spread or even evade antibodies from prior infection or vaccination
Biden calls for patent protection waivers for vaccines
The US govt faces fresh criticism over a failure to get vaccines to poorer countries while supplying free booster shots to Americans
New ‘variant of concern’ fuels global fear
Scientists do not yet know how dangerous the new Omicron variant is, but its many mutations set off alarms, lowering hopes of putting the pandemic in the past
