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Explained: Why the new Covid strain Omicron is more lethal than Delta?

November 27, 2021

Explained: Why the new Covid strain Omicron is more lethal than Delta?

Over 100 cases have been detected in South Africa, where the new strain is slowly becoming the dominant one.

November 27, 2021
World races to contain new COVID threat, the Omicron variant

A World Health Organization panel named the variant Omicron (B.1.1.529) and classified it as a highly transmissible virus of concern.
November 27, 2021
WHO designates new Covid strain as Variant of Concern, names it 'Omicron'

A variant of concern is the WHO's top category of worrying Covid variants.
November 22, 2021
'Some fatalities' after SUV speeds into Christmas parade in US

As the SUV broke through barricades, a Waukesha police officer fired his gun in an attempt to stop the vehicle.
November 20, 2021
First known COVID-19 case was vendor in China's animal market in Wuhan: study

Wuhan city is where the coronavirus first emerged in 2019 and spiralled into a pandemic.
November 19, 2021
Austria imposes full lockdown, Germany may follow, as COVID grips Europe

Austria said it would require the whole population to be vaccinated as of February.
November 19, 2021
15-year-old, accused of murdering Keralite store owner, arrested in the US

Sajan, who migrated to the US in 2005, is survived by wife Mini and two children. He was a member of the Sehion Mar Thoma Church of Dallas.

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