COVID-19

New Covid variant detected in France "Ihu" is not a threat yet: WHO

The new Covid-19 variant called B.1.640, which was detected by French researchers and is probably of Cameroonian origin, is not "circulating widely at the moment" and has so far been identified in less than 1 per cent of the samples sequenced in France, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Jan 7, 2022
COVID-19

Global Covid caseload tops 300 mn; Italy's tally above 200,000

Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has surpassed the grim milestone of 300 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.47 million and vaccinations to over 9.33 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. Jan 7, 2022