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While 2022 was set to be the "great return," the fast-spreading Omicron variant is now forcing companies from Silicon Valley to Wall Street to postpone their in-office returns. See: As Omicron...

The Maharashtra government has imposed Section 144 in Mumbai till midnight of December 31. How will this impact people's Christmas and New Year plans as well as the party business?

The U.S. government has over-counted the number of Americans who are at least partly vaccinated against the coronavirus, state officials warn, meaning millions more people are unprotected as the pandemic’s winter surge gathers steam.

Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital reported an additional COVID-19 death Friday, bringing the total number of deaths from the virus to 189 since the onset of the pandemic, spokesman Patrick Moody confirmed.

Manufacturing, its effective against the omicron variant in ways in which the moon -- monoclonals may not be. we have tools that will stand the test of time. the key point is vaccine breakthrough illness, we need to to talk about it differently. different vocabulary. we need to put the pressure off of it. >> i so appreciate that way of thinking, and the changing of the paradigm to talk about hospitalization and death as opposed to cases as the way we view this going forward. kelly odonnell, the ...

The Omicron variant of coronavirus, first reported in South Africa last month, has found its way to 63 countries, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The rapid spread of the newly discovered strain has led the WHO to believe that Omicron could surpass Delta variant in transmission speed. "However, given the current available data, it is likely that Omicron will outpace the Delta variant where community transmission occurs," the WHO said.

The minister also said plans to further accelerate the vaccine booster programme would be considered this week.

The person was coming from Zimbabwe and had earlier travelled to South Africa as well. India has 17 Omicron cases from Maharashtra, nine from Rajasthan, three from Gujarat, and two from Karnataka and Delhi each.

The 195 new fatalities include 134 from Kerala and 19 from Maharashtra

The 195 new fatalities include 134 from Kerala and 19 from Maharashtra