The Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) reissued nationwide recommendation on using face masks, as COVID-19 infection rates continue to rise in the country due to the spread of the Omicron variant.
A bus ran over a marriage party on Friday (Dec. 17) night in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, leaving eight people dead and nine others injured according to local media and police.
The British government's decision to ramp up vaccination in response to the new COVID-19 variant Omicron will take time to bring any benefit and may not prevent a surge in cases over the next few weeks, experts have said.
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos on Wednesday (Dec. 15) urged Canadians with plans to travel abroad to cancel their trips as the Omicron variant spreads.
A total of 80 deaths have been reported across Nigeria following the spread of Lassa fever in the most populous African country so far this year, the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has said.
As Australians crowd into shopping centers to buy last-minute Christmas presents and prepare to gather with their families over the summer holidays, the nation is simultaneously facing a looming wave of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
