Category: OMICRON
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Australian Test batter Travis Head has test positive to Covid-19, following a routine PCR test.
The left-hander is asymptomatic, and will remain in Melbourne, isolating with his partner for seven days as per government health requirements in the state of Victoria. With Head unavailable for selection for the fourth Ashes Test in Sydney, Mitchell Marsh, Nic Maddinson and Josh Inglis have joined the Australian squad as additional cover. The remainder…
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What parents should know about sending kids back to school during Omicron
Millions of American kids will head back to classrooms in the coming days — just as the Omicron variant is fueling record new Covid-19 case counts. And that has many parents wondering what’s safe as the most contagious variant yet sweeps the country. “We fear that it’s going to get a lot worse, between getting…
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Covid-19: WHO chief optimistic disease will be beaten in 2022
The World Health Organization (WHO) chief says he is optimistic that the coronavirus pandemic will be defeated in 2022, provided countries work together to contain its spread. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesu warned against “narrow nationalism and vaccine hoarding” in a new year statement. His comments come two years since the WHO was first notified of…
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LAHORE REPORTS FIRST OMICRON CASE
LAHORE: Lahore has reported the first case of new COVID-19 strain, Omicron, Punjab Health Department confirmed on Monday. According to Punjab Health Secretary Sikandar Baloch, the virus was detected in the 23-year-old man from Lahore. The patient is a resident of Gulberg area. The health authorities said that the patient has no international travel history.…
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