The risk level related to the Omicron variant remains very high, the WHO said late Tuesday, with the numbers of new COVID-19 cases hitting another record high last week.
WASHINGTON, Jan 25 The International Monetary Fund lowered its economic forecasts for the United States, China and the global economy today, and said uncertainty about the pandemic, inflation, supply disruptions and US monetary tightening posed further risks. “We project global growth this.
The Omicron variant can survive longer than earlier versions of the coronavirus on plastic surfaces and human skin, Japanese researchers found in laboratory tests.
New Zealand will impose mask rules and limit gathering from midnight on Sunday after a cluster of nine cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant showed community transmission from the North to South islands.