BEIRUT Lebanon has declared a nighttime curfew for the unvaccinated ahead and during the holiday seasons. Its health minister on Wednesday called it one of the measures to stem a recent rise in coronavirus infections and a precaution against the new variant.
GENEVA The World Health Organization says travel bans by countries are having an impact on global cooperation against the new omicron variant by causing .
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami is making face coverings optional for unvaccinated and partially vaccinated students whose parents sign opt-out.
The U.S. recorded its first confirmed case of the omicron variant Wednesday a person in California who had been to South Africa as scientists around the world raced to establish whether the new, mutant version of the coronavirus is more dangerous than previous ones.