The 2021 FISU Winter Universiade has been scheduled to run between December 11 and 21 in Lucerne and the six cantons of Central Switzerland © Stanislav Krasilnikov/TASS MOSCOW, November 29. /TASS/. The 2021 Winter Universiade in Switzerland’s Lucerne has been cancelled
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Africa on Sunday urged countries to follow the science rather than imposing flight bans in a bid to contain the new Omicron coronavirus variant. Dutch health authorities said on Sunday they
The new potentially more contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus popped up in more European countries on Saturday. The cases emerged just days after being identified in South Africa, leaving governments around the world scrambling to stop the spread. U.K.
Marc Van Ranst, who works with the Rega Institute for Medical Research, said a sample was confirmed as the novel B.1.1.529 variant in a traveler who returned from Egypt on Nov. 11. Belgian Health Minister Frank Vandenbroucke told reporters that
The variant seems to be the most heavily mutated so far in the outbreak The World Health Organization is holding a meeting Friday to discuss the dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases in South Africa that has been blamed on a new variant of the
An illustration in microscopic scale of the coronavirus. © Andrii Vodolazhskyi, Shutterstock.com Scientists in South Africa said Thursday they had detected a new Covid-19 variant with multiple mutations, blaming it for a surge in infection numbers. “Unfortunately we have detected a
France’s President Emmanuel Macron appears on a TV screen as he addresses the nation from Paris on November 9, 2021. © Christophe Archambault, AFP French President Emmanuel Macron addressed the nation Tuesday amid a fresh rise in the rate of Covid-19 infections and
This approach has already shown its effectiveness in many countries, Alexander Gintsburg, head of the Gamaleya Center said Alexander Gintsburg, Director of the Gamaleya National Research Centre of Epidemiology and Microbiology © Artyom Geodakyan/TASS MOSCOW, October 25. /TASS/. The system
Apart from that, beauty salons, sports centers and non-essential trade will be closed, but for pharmacies, gas stations, and grocery stores © Sergey Bobylev/TASS ST. PETERSBURG, October 23. /TASS/. Restaurants, cafes and non-essential shops will be closed in St. Petersburg
The presidential decree comes into force on the day of its official publication © Yevgeny Paulin/Russian Presidential Press and Information Office/TASS MOSCOW, October 20. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree declaring paid non-working days from October 30