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Iran to vaccinate students

Sunday, 09 January 2022 13:58
Tehran (IP)- Secretary of Iran's national scientific committee in charge of the COVID-19 epidemic said that children 5 to 11 are vaccinated due to the omicron variant.

US COVID hospitalizations toward record high amid Omicron surge

Saturday, 08 January 2022 01:36
COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States are poised to hit a new high as early as Friday, surpassing the record set in January of last year as the highly contagious Omicron variant fuels a surge in the number of cases.

Turkey registers record daily COVID-19 cases amid Omicron surge

Friday, 07 January 2022 05:53
Turkey recorded 68,413 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the highest daily figure on record, health ministry data showed on Thursday, amid surging infections due to the Omicron variant of coronavirus.

Omicron infects 9.5 million in a week as WHO warns it’s ‘not last variant’

Friday, 07 January 2022 00:29
The World Health Organization says a record 9.5 million COVID-19 cases were tallied over the last week as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus swept the planet, a 71 per cent increase from the previous seven-day period that the UN health agency likened to a tsunami.

World Newspapers: Ages 12-17 approved for Pfizer booster

Thursday, 06 January 2022 20:11
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday endorsed the emergency use of Pfizer's booster shots for children ages 12 to 17, expanding protection to adolescents and teens as students return to classes and the highly contagious Omicron variant surges across the country.216

Omicron may be less severe, but not ‘mild’: Tedros Adhanom

Thursday, 06 January 2022 20:02
The WHO Director-General says the COVID -19 Omicron variant may be less severe, but it should not be considered as “mild.”

World Newspapers: Americans head back to school, work even as Omicron explodes

Sunday, 02 January 2022 20:33
In two short weeks, as the year closed out, the Omicron variant drove coronavirus case counts to record levels in the US, upended air travel and left gaping staffing holes at police departments, firehouses and hospitals. And that was at a time many people were off for the holiday season. Now comes Monday, with millions of Americans having traveled back home to start school and work again, and no one is sure of what comes next. 214

World Newspapers: Belief in vaccination is tested by surge

Saturday, 01 January 2022 20:52
President Emmanuel Macron won people over by promising normalcy if they followed Covid's advice. Now Omicron has raised questions about whether he or any leader can deliver on that. 215/203

People around world celebrate New Year’s Eve 2022

Saturday, 01 January 2022 08:40
New Year’s Eve 2022 was celebrated in different countries worldwide in different ways, but the fireworks in London felt different for the people there who have faced a rapid spread of the Omicron variant.

Sydney gears up for New Year's Eve celebrations despite record Omicron surge

Friday, 31 December 2021 21:20
Sydney, the Australian metropolis worst-affected by the Omicron wave, will press forward with New Year’s Eve celebrations on Friday, with authorities encouraging revellers to come back out and benefit from the festivities despite a record variety of COVID-19 circumstances.