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WHO’s Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, Head, Outbreak Investigation Task Force explains how one can stay safe against the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2

WHO: general global decline in Covid-19 cases no excuse for complacency Head of emerging diseases unit at World Health Organisation calls on nations to increase precautions to stamp out Covid-19 An elderly woman receives the Sinovac vaccine against Covid-19 at a nursing home during the start of vaccination for those over 80 in Medellin, Colombia. EPA Doctors tend to a patient suffering from Covid-19 and receiving oxygen, in a ward for coronavirus patients at the Martini hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia. AP Photo A patient with coronavirus breathes with the help of an oxygen mask at an intensive...

SHARE Prime Minister Boris Johnson was holding an emergency session today after France closed its borders to hauliers for 48 hours amid concerns of fresh food shortages as trucks piled up outside the southern coastal port of Dover. The UK was already facing huge economic upheaval with no deal expected over the country's post-Brexit future with its largest trading partner, the European Union. The grim news on the virus has compounded the country’s woes as several countries have also banned flights from the UK. The concerns played out on Monday as the leading FTSE index fell by more than two ...

SHARE EU ambassadors will hold a crisis meeting in Brussels on Monday on travel restrictions to Britain after a new coronavirus strain emerged there that is thought to be very infectious. Several EU countries, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands have announced the suspension of air links, and in some cases rail and ferry links, with the UK. In most cases, the bans were effective from 11pm on Sunday and were to last a day or two as a precaution while the threat of the new strain was evaluated and a coordinated response was worked out. An EU official said amb...