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Omicron poses 'very high' global risk but data on severity limited - WHO
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Omicron poses 'very high' global risk but data on severity limited - WHO

Considerable uncertainties surround Omicron, first detected last month in southern Africa and Hong Kong, whose mutations may lead to higher transmissibility and more cases of Covid-19 disease

A healthcare worker collects swab samples of underprivileged children for Covid-19 test in Kolkata.(ANI)
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Health costs during pandemic pushed over half a billion people into poverty

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G20 should redistribute surplus Covid-19 vaccines, ex-leaders say

People wearing protective masks walk in a shopping district, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Beijing, China, March 25, 2020/ Reuters
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Covid-19 cases worldwide down 4%, deaths down 2% in past week: WHO

Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell takes part in a session titled "Road to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula" during the Korea Vision Forum in Seoul May 13, 2010. REUTERS/Truth Leem
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Powell remembered as 'one of the finest Americans never to be president'

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US FDA to allow mixing and matching of Covid-19 boosters

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Lack of vaccination passport, testing threaten Japan's reopening

With boosters, masks and Green Pass, Israel sees a Covid-19 wave in retreat
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With boosters, masks and Green Pass, Israel sees a Covid-19 wave in retreat

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Sydney to end Covid-19 quarantine for international travellers

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TB deaths on the rise again globally due to Covid-19: WHO

The chief trial investigator for the vaccine said that he's optimistic about reaching that point before the end of this year Photo: Bloomberg
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Surplus Covid-19 vaccines with rich nations to hit 1.2 billion doses

Swab tests for Covid-19 being conducted at city railway station in Bengaluru Photo :Hindustan Times
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India records 41,649 fresh cases, 593 more fatalities

Vials labelled "Covid-19 Coronavirus Vaccine" are placed on dry ice in this illustration taken, December 5, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
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US announces 16 mn Covid vaccine doses to Asia including Bangladesh