Omicron

The National Technical Advisory Committee on COVID-19 has recommended reopening all secondary and university level educational institutions from February 22 as the infections rate has decreased.

Omicron

Bangladesh have reported 81 new cases of Omicron, taking the total number of the variant to 187 in Bangladesh as of Monday.

A study in monkeys pitting the current Moderna COVID-19 booster against an Omicron-specific booster showed no significant differences in protection, suggesting an Omicron-specific booster may not be needed, US government researchers reported on Friday.

A sub-variant of the highly contagious Omicron coronavirus strain, which some studies indicate could be even more infectious than the original version, has been detected in 57 countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

Most coronavirus restrictions including mandatory face masks were lifted in England on Thursday after Britain’s government said its vaccine booster rollout successfully reduced serious illness and COVID-19 hospitalizations.

Moderna Inc on Wednesday said that it had started a mid-stage study, testing a booster dose specifically designed to target the Omicron variant of the virus, a day after rival Pfizer Inc launched a similar trial.

The risk level related to the Omicron variant remains very high, the World Health Organization (WHO) said late Tuesday.

The new directives by the government on Sunday asked the authorities concerned to run offices with half employees from January 24 to February 6.

The number of patients with flu-like symptoms has increased significantly in hospitals across the country compared to the last three months.

The coronavirus pandemic is far from over, the World Health Organization chief said on Tuesday, cautioning against a narrative that the fast-spreading Omicron variant is risk-free.

Twenty percent of the positive cases reported in the last one month across the country were infected with the Omicron variant.

A total of 22 more cases of Omicron variant of the COVID-19 have been detected in Bangladesh, taking the total tally to 55 till Sunday.

India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 37,122,164 with 271,202 new cases registered in the last 24 hours, said the country’s health ministry.

The government will impose lockdown again if the 11-point restrictions imposed by the government to prevent the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant have been violated.

COVID-19 hospitalizations in the United States have increased by about 33 percent and deaths are up by about 40 percent from a week earlier, the head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Wednesday.

India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 36,317,927 on Thursday, as 247,417 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours across the country.

The 11-point restrictions, imposed by the government to prevent the highly contagious new COVID-19 variant Omicron, began on Thursday. The Cabinet Division on January 10 issued a notification regarding this.

The United States shattered daily COVID-19 cases record again as nearly 1.5 million new COVID-19 cases were reported across the country on Monday.

The United States reported at least 1.13 million new coronavirus infections on Monday, the highest daily total of any country in the world as the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant showed no signs of slowing.

Bangladesh have reported nine more cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus taking the total number in the country to 30 as of Monday.