People walk past the Bank of England during morning rush hour, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in London, Britain, July 29, 2021...

A demonstrator holds a sign reading compulsory vaccination is the red line during a protest against government measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Nuremberg, Germany, January 30, 2022...

The photo shows people attending a demonstration in Vienna, Austria, to protest against mandatory COVID vaccines...

Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his predecessor Theresa May in the House of Commons, London, the UK (file Photo) Former British Prime Minister Theresa May has expressed anger at PM Boris Johnson and his Downing Street parties after weeks of silence, requesting full accountability from the PM for holding social gatherings amid COVID-19 lockdowns, local media report...

Thousands marched in Brussels on Sunday (January 23) to protest the Belgian federal government’s COVID restrictions...

© Getty Images / Chris Jackson The billionaire calls for massive government investments to prepare for potential outbreaks that could be deadlier than Covid-19 Software magnate Bill Gates has raised the specter of future viruses that could be more lethal than Covid-19, saying rich countries should ramp up vaccine funding to brace for potentially catastrophic outbreaks...

A health worker poses with a syringe and dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at the Museum of Tomorrow, in Rio de Janeiro, on January 18, 2022...

Corona Virus Scientists have warned that Omicron’s whirlwind advance won’t be the last variant of the coronavirus this year and that it’s difficult to predict how quickly the new variant would spread...

This picture taken on November 05, 2021 shows a child receiving a dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Los Angeles, California...

The photo shows Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson attending the prime minister’s questions session in the House of Commons, in London, the UK, on January 12, 2022...

Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference to update the nation on the status of the Covid-19 pandemic, in the Downing Street briefing room in central London on January 4, 2022...

© Getty Images / Westend61 US doctors are warning parents that under-fives are developing a barking cough American scientists have identified a new symptom of the Omicron variant in children under five; a barking cough that may sound frightening when parents hear it...

The file photo shows a healthcare worker preparing to give an injection of the COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Tehran, Iran...

Members of parliament attend a session of questions to the government at the National Assembly, the lower house of the French parliament, in Paris, France, on January 4, 2022...

The US Marine Corps Camp Hansen gate is seen in the Okinawa Prefecture town of Kin, in southern Japan, on January 5, 2022...

Toddlers born during the pandemic scored lower on some skills development tests than those born earlier...

© Getty Images / Joe Raedle More than 4...

A teenager receives the Covid-19 vaccine from a nurse Anthony McLaughlin during a vaccination clinic...

A COVID testing queue in Long Beach, California, US...

Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki explains the spread of Omicron in the prefecture during an emergency news conference at the prefectural government building, Japan, on January 2, 2022...

Coronavirus infections in the US Capitol have skyrocketed, according to a memo sent to lawmakers from Capitol physician Brian Monahan...

FILE PHOTO: A general view of Melbourne, Australia...

A security guards walking in an area that is under restrictions following a recent coronavirus outbreak in China’s northern province...

Patients wait to be tested for the novel coronavirus Covid-19 in Paris on December 23, 2021...

FILE PHOTO © AFP / Mohamad Ali Harissi The United Arab Emirates has allowed international travel to the jabbed and boosted only Unvaccinated UAE citizens will be banned from traveling abroad starting January 10, according to local media, citing the country’s crisis management agencies...

Travelers are seen under a PSA advising mask wearing in a concourse during the holiday season as the coronavirus Omicron variant threatens to increase case numbers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, US December 22, 2021...

Nurses treat COVID-19 patients in the ICU at Milton Keynes University Hospital, amid the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, in Milton Keynes, Britain, on January 20, 2021...

People queue for a COVID-19 test in Times Square as the Omicron coronavirus variant continues to spread in Manhattan, New York City, US, December 26, 2021...

© REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton More cases of a drug resistant fungal superbug have been discovered, this time in a new US state Oregon health officials have announced three cases of Candida auris, a rare fungal infection that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have described as posing a serious concern for the world...

Shoppers cross Oxford Street, London, Britain, December 28, 2021...

US President Joe Biden holds a virtual meeting with the National Governors Association to discuss his administration’s response to the Omicron variant, December 27, 2021...

© Reuters / Jeenah Moon Major US carrier Delta blames new Covid-19 cleaning rules for turning around plane that was halfway to Shanghai Delta Air Lines halted service to Shanghai so suddenly that it turned back a flight from Seattle that was already halfway to China, reportedly leaving some passengers stranded with expiring Covid-19 tests and visas...

A COVID-19 testing center in New York City The highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus is sending daily infections in parts of the United States soaring to levels higher than the pandemic peak of early 2021...

A worker in a protective suit sprays disinfectant at a school in Inner Mongolia, China, in March 2020...

Members of South Korean K-pop band BTS © Reuters / Kim Kyung-Hoon Three members of the hit South Korean pop group BTS have tested positive for Covid-19 following a series of concerts in the United States...

Passengers line up at John F. Kennedy International Airport after airlines announced numerous flights were canceled on Christmas Eve in Queens, New York City, US, December 24, 2021...

The risk of needing to stay in hospital for patients with the Omicron variant of Covid-19 is 40% to 45% lower than for patients with the Delta variant, according to research by London’s Imperial College published on Wednesday...

A police officer stands next to boxes of expired AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines as they are destroyed by a bulldozer, in Abuja, Nigeria, December 22, 2021...

Anthony Fauci (C) and other White House officials meet with President Joe Biden, in the White House in Washington, DC, December 16, 2021...

Blanket vaccine booster programs are likely to prolong the COVID-19 pandemic rather than ending it, as inequity in access to jabs could lead to more mutated variants that drag out the crisis, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warns...

Working oil pumps against a sunset sky. (Getty Images) Oil prices increased on Wednesday over worries about tight supply and a drawdown in US inventories, in spite of concerns about the possible hit to economic activity from the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant...

(FILE PHOTO) © London REUTERS/Peter Nicholls The UK has recorded 106,122 new Covid-19 cases in a 24-hour period...

Police officers stand guard outside a coronavirus vaccination center at the zoo in Hanover, Germany on December 17, 2021...

A medical worker administers a dose of a Covid vaccine to a child in Les Pavillons-sous-Bois, near Paris, France...

© Evan Vucci/Pool via REUTERS Billionaire Bill Gates has found little sympathy after saying he has canceled most of his holiday plans over the Covid variant Omicron, while also providing advice on how the pandemic can end in 2022...

People wait to be tested for COVID-19 at a street-side testing booth in New York on Dec...

© Reuters / Hannah McKay Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has announced a ‘major incident’ in the UK capital over the quickly deteriorating epidemiological situation prompted by the fast-spreading Omicron variant...

US Vice President Kamala Harris answers a question from a journalist at the Ceremonial Office of the Eisenhower Executive Building in Washington, DC on December 10, 2021...

No city in Iran has been in the COVID-19 high-risk red zone during the past 24 hours, the country’s Health Ministry and Medical Education said on Saturday...

US President Joe Biden Thursday warned that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is going to spread more rapidly, urging people to get vaccinated...