North Korea, which has largely kept its borders shuttered over the pandemic, Thursday confirmed its first detection of the omicron variant of COVID-19 in the country.According to the official Korea Central News Agency, samples were taken from a group o…
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North Korea Confirms Its First Detection of COVID-19
North Korea, which has largely kept its borders shuttered over the pandemic, Thursday confirmed its first detection of the omicron variant of COVID-19 in the country.According to the official Korea Central News Agency, samples were taken from a group o…
Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Surging in Africa Due to COVID-19 Disruptions
The World Health Organization warns that vaccine-preventable diseases are spreading across the African continent because routine immunizations against killer diseases have been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.Tens of millions of people have missed o…
Covid-19: South Africa cases at highest level in months
PRETORIA, South Africa is witnessing a “worrying” spike in coronavirus cases after a relative lull in new infections, official data showed. Daily official updates released by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) on Friday showed 4,…