How China’s Zero-COVID strategy is hurting its economy

Highlights: The world's second-largest economy, China, is struggling hard to meet its economic targets amidst COVID-19 lockdowns China's lockdown has hardly hit the automobile sector The extremely contagious Omicron variant has cast doubt on t...

COVID-19 roundup: Global cases on decline, latest recommendations by WHO

Highlights Global COVID-19 cases are falling since mid-March China’s capital city Beijing began three rounds of COVID-19 testing for all residents of its largest district, Chaoyang, on Monday WHO has suggested Pfizer's oral antiviral dru...

COVID-19: What do we know about XE variant reported in UK?

Highlights A new COVID-19 variant, XE, has marked its presence in the United Kingdom XE is a recombinant version of Omicron strain BA.1 and BA.2 So far, there is no sufficient proof to draw conclusions about the new strain’s transmissibi...

Why is Australia relaxing border rules despite COVID-19 spike?

Highlights Despite a spike in COVID-19 tally, the Australian government has decided to relax restrictions over movement across borders. The border measures that restricted travellers from highly affected Southern Africa countries to Australia h...

Has COVID-19 pandemic proven more hostile to developing economies?

Highlights  Unlike advanced economies, developing countries would not be able to achieve pre-pandemic economic levels by 2023. As per the WHO, 85% of people in Africa have not received a single COVID-19 vaccine dose, while 36 countries hav...

Will Omicron wave impact 2022 Australian federal election?

Highlights The Omicron variant of COVID-19 has resulted in a worrisome situation for the Australian federal government. The explosion in case tally may cause a hindrance in the smooth conduct of the upcoming general elections in 2022. The wors...

How to improve your work from home set up for the third year of the pandemic?

When the coronavirus pandemic hit, several researchers had predicted that this virus is going to stay with us for a couple of years at least. However, the general public was optimistic and with the efficient rollout of vaccines, everybody thought t...

Latest global tally of COVID-19 cases & the spread of Omicron variant!

COVID-19 cases are on a surge once again as the virus continues to emerge in new forms due to mutations. The pandemic has already caused a devastating effect on the world demographics and now, new variants are adding to the challenges in its diagno...

Australians urged to go for 3-dose vaccination as Omicron rages on

Highlights  The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has recommended COVID-19 booster vaccination for better immunity against the virus. People in the age group of 18 years or above are eligible to receive the third ...

Reality check: Can current COVID-19 vaccines fight Omicron?

A new strain of coronavirus SARS-Cov-2, Omicron has become a hot topic of discussion worldwide for its increasing number of cases across different countries. The United Nations’ specialised agency for international public health, World Healt...