India’s two most populous cities, New Delhi and Mumbai, have recorded a sharp decrease in their coronavirus caseload and hospitalizations in recent days, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Wednesday.
LOS ANGELES — The 2022 Grammy Awards will shift to an April show in Las Vegas after recently postponing the ceremony due to rising COVID-19 cases because the omicron variant.
The Chinese Communist Party’s latest excuse for the coronavirus wave it can no longer conceal is that packages from overseas brought the omicron variant to China. The party is using this notion as an excuse to limit imports.
India’s Gennova Biopharmaceuticals is allegedly working to develop an “omicron-specific” Chinese coronavirus vaccine candidate based on mRNA technology that could be available to the public as soon as February, Reuters reported on Monday citing an unnamed company spokesman who confirmed the development via text message.
The omicron variant of the Chinese coronavirus is reportedly 91 percent less fatal than the delta variant, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study released this week found.
After more than a year of smug lectures to the rest of the world about China’s alleged superiority at controlling the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic, Chinese state media are admitting the government has no idea how the massive coronavirus outbreak that has shut down several cities began, or how it can be contained.
The White House announced Wednesday that President Joe Biden had hired a new coordinator to take charge of coronavirus testing after shortages rocked the United States.
Tuesday saw another record-breaking caseload in Israel with nearly 44,000 new coronavirus infections, including senior government ministers as well as several thousand healthcare workers.
President Joe Biden defended his administration’s handling of the coronavirus, even as the United States reached a record number of cases and hospitalizations.
A study from Imperial College found that people who have recovered from the common cold are more likely to avoid coronavirus infection.
The pandemic’s contribution to inflation is probably going to get worse in the weeks ahead.
Public health officials changed their tune on the efficacy of coronavirus vaccines months before the discovery of the omicron variant of the virus, admitting in August that vaccines cannot prevent transmission of the virus — even though President Biden suggested otherwise as recently as December.
Nearly two years into the pandemic, Massachusetts hospitals will make a distinction between patients who were hospitalized “for” coronavirus and those who were hospitalized “with” the virus.
A Spanish court has ruled that a mother who attempted to flee to Portugal to prevent her two children from being vaccinated cannot have any contact with them or approach them.
BERLIN (AP) – Germany’s leaders agreed Friday to toughen requirements for entry to restaurants and bars, and decided to shorten quarantine and self-isolation periods as the omicron variant spreads fast through the country.
While the omicron variant of coronavirus is highly infectious, Sotomayor was wrong: deaths and hospitalizations have been less frequent than for delta.
Dr. Anthony Fauci admitted again this week that data suggests the omicron variant of the Chinese coronavirus is “less severe” than the delta variant, although he said that is not reason enough to stop masking.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) extended the state’s indoor mask mandate through February 15 amid concerns about the spread of the omicron variant of the coronavirus.
Scientists from IHU Mediterranee Infection, a leading French institute of infectious disease microbiology, published a research paper this week describing another new variant of the Wuhan coronavirus.
NEW YORK — Just two weeks before it was to be held in Park City, Utah, the Sundance Film Festival is canceling its in-person festival and reverting to an entirely virtual edition due to the current coronavirus surge.
Many colleges are beginning the new semester with remote classes only and delays, even after accepting COVID relief funds.
Mayor of Orange County, Jerry Demings (D), turned on Florida’s Republican governor Ron DeSantis on Tuesday, chiding him for being with his wife as she undergoes cancer treatment rather than tending to the needs of his broader constituents at the same time.
New coronavirus infections in Israel hit an all-time high on Wednesday, as the government announced only at-risk groups and individuals over 60 would be eligible for PCR testing in a bid to relieve pressure on testing centers.
His Fraudulency Joe Biden’s average disapproval rating just hit a record high in the RealClearPolitics poll of polls.
(AP) — Schoolchildren returned to classes Monday in parts of Europe, while the British government pledged to rush ventilation units and enough COVID-19 test kits to schools to ensure they, too, can reopen later this week despite soaring infection rates in the UK.
Up to a third of Israel’s population will be infected with the Omicron strain over the next three weeks, a leading health expert and adviser to the Israeli government said on Sunday, and added that many won’t even know it because the country is quickly running out of test kits.
AMSTERDAM (AP) – Thousands of people in the capital of the Netherlands defied a ban and gathered Sunday for a demonstration against the Dutch government’s coronavirus lockdown measures before police pushed the crowd off an Amsterdam square.
Protesters partied in central Vienna on Friday evening in defiance of Austria’s various lockdown restrictions.
Pressley announced on New Year’s Eve that she tested positive for coronavirus, despite being fully vaccinated and boosted.
South African public health officials announced on Thursday that they believe the surge in Chinese coronavirus cases fueled by the omicron variant in the country is ending, leaving a record of lower hospitalizations and severe cases than previous waves.
The Austrian government has announced it will be extending the general lockdown for all unvaccinated residents as the Omicron variant of the Wuhan virus spreads across the country.
New York Republicans, including Reps. Claudia Tenney, Lee Zeldin, Chris Jacobs, Elise Stefanik, and Nicole Malliotakis, wrote a pointed letter to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, urging the Biden administration to revise its decision to pause the supply of lifesaving coronavirus treatment to the states that need them.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now advising Americans not to travel by cruise ship — even if they are vaccinated against COVID-19 — as the number of Omicron cases soars.
New cases of coronavirus in the U.S. soared to their highest level on record Wednesday, peaking at an average of over 265,000 per day as a surge driven largely by the highly contagious omicron variant continues unabated.
SIBIU, Romania (AP) – As the fast-spreading coronavirus variant omicron rages through Western Europe, officials and experts in low-vaccinated Eastern Europe anticipate a post-holiday explosion of COVID-19 cases in much of the region.
A shortage of coronavirus tests has created massive lines of people at various sites as the omicron variant surges around the country.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday sharply revised its estimate of omicron infections in the United States.
LeBron James says he has “no response at all” after fellow Laker legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wrote a Substack essay blasting him for posting a meme mocking the coronavirus.
PARIS (AP) – France’s government is forging ahead with efforts to increase pressure on unvaccinated people to get coronavirus jabs, as the omicron variant fuels a record surge in infections.
The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) reported late Tuesday the number of global coronavirus cases jumped by 11 percent over the last seven days compared to the previous week, with the biggest increase in the Americas. The gain builds on a gradual increase since October.
