ANTIGEN TEST. A medical worker calls the name of a visitor waiting to take a rapid antigen test for Covid-19 at a clinic in Seoul on March 18, 2022. South Korea's new Covid-19 cases hit above 400,000, led by the wave of the highly transmissible omicron variant, amid the government's steps to shift away from rigorous social distancing.(Yonhap) SEOUL - South Korea's new coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases fell below 400,000 on Saturday but concerns linger over the highly transmissible omicron variant amid the government's move to shift away from rigorous social distancing. The country reported 381,454 new Covid-19 infections, including 63 from overseas, raising the total caseload to 9,038,938, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. The latest tally is a sharp drop from the all-time high of 621,328 on Thursday, though the sudden spike in cases reflected some 70,000 cases omitted from the previous day's tally. The fast spread of omicron has p
Manila [Philippines], January 24 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines Department of Health (DOH) reported 24,938 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, raising the number of confirmed cases in the Southeast Asian country to 3,442,056.
live from fort lauderdale. kerri, any relief in sight down there? reporter: well, here and elsewhere the problems continue. we re really in a full blown meltdown. that s not mincing words. the day after christmas we had 1500 plus flights that were cancelled, and now this morning the numbers keep climbing. as i look at it right now, we have 938 flights delayed according to flight aware. 757 flights cancelled today. so the best advice is if you re flying today, not only call the airline before you go to the airport and then later check online to see if something changed, but once you get to the airport, prepare yourself for potentially some bad news. this morning airline say they re up against it, trying to catch up with the heavy holiday hustle. i m like oh, my god, we won t be able to get home. reporter: nationwide families
evacuations have been ordered as fast growing fire breaks out in the city of auburn in northern california we ll hear from a fire chief, next. the vaccines minister nadhim zahawi has encouraged people who are returning to school and university to continue with rapid covid i9 testing, and for older students to make every effort to get fully vaccinated. speaking in the house of commons earlier today, mr zahawi said the government s ambition was to widen our wall of defence so we can protect more and more people . this vital work is not yet complete. with the delta variant sweeping around the world, we have seen how it thrives on pockets of unvaccinated people. last week across the uk we saw an average of 34,000 across the uk we saw an average of 3a,000 new cases and 938 hospitalisations each day. so it is vital that we continue to plug the gaps in our defences and widen and deepen our wall of defence. 0ver