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Highlights New Zealand to start opening its borders on 27 February. The plans include 5 phases across 2022. MIQ to be discontinued for most vaccinated people. The Government confirmed that it was opening its borders from February 27 in fi...

New Zealand has been placed under the highest level of COVID-19 restrictions and moved back to red light settings, after an outbreak of the Omicron variant. Red light settings are not a lockdown. Main restrictions include a cap of 100 vaccinated p...

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...

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...

Highlights COVID-19 cases are on a surge once again as the virus continues to emerge in new forms due to mutations. Omicron variant has spread and been detected in 89 countries globally. Till date, the United States report the highest number o...

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...

Highlights Omicron is a highly divergent variant with a greater number of mutations. Numerous studies and analyses are underway to assess the effectiveness of vaccines on Omicron, a variant of concern. The WHO has suggested that the global COV...

When will Covid-19 end? When will life come back to normal? Will we ever get rid of the masks and the fear that this pandemic has induced upon us in the last two years? There are numerable questions around coronavirus with no definite answer insight....

Highlights The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently flagged the coronavirus strain B.1.1.529 (Omicron). WHO scientists are of the view that the people who previously contracted COVID-19 have an increased risk of reinfection with this varian...

As per New Zealand’s Ministry of Health forecasts, it is very likely that the country would witness a huge surge in its COVID-19 cases in the coming months. Must Read: NZ procures extra 500K Pfizer vaccine doses from Denmark  Source:...