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The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday called on the world to pull together to end the COVID-19 pandemic within the next year.

WASHINGTON - Omicron has become the dominant COVID-19 variant in the United States as more people travel and gather for the holidays.

WASHINGTON - American biotechnology company Moderna announced Monday (Dec. 20) that preliminary data suggests its COVID-19 booster shot appears to increase antibody levels against the Omicron coronavirus variant.

KUALA LUMPUR - Eight people have been reported dead due to severe flooding in Malaysia as of Monday (Dec. 19), authorities in Selangor state said.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday (Dec. 19) that the Omicron COVID-19 variant has caused the fifth wave of the pandemic in the country, and his cabinet was mulling new restrictions.

The member states of the European Union (EU) will receive an additional 20 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in the first three months of next year to hasten the pace against the fast-spreading Omicron variant, the European Commission said on Sunday (Dec. 19).