Workers wear protective equipment at a COVID-19 testing site on Jan...

People waiting in the queue outside a store maintain social distancing...

The cumulative number of global COVID-19 cases had exceeded 360...

This photo taken on December 01, 2021 shows Chief Medical Advisor to the president Dr...

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...

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, US Army General Mark A...

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...

Shredded boxes and packages are seen strewn across the tracks in Los Angeles County, California, on January 14, 2022, as a result of a month of looting...

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Ambulance crew members deliver a patient at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto in this file photo...

People wait outside a community center as long lines continue for individuals trying to be tested for COVID-19 during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in San Diego, California, US, January 10, 2022...

Around 2000 protesters on Monday turned out in Germany’s city of Magdeburg to march against the government’s anti-coronavirus measures...

The United States has agreed to tighten COVID-19 restrictions on personnel at US military bases in Japan, said the Japanese Foreign Ministry on Sunday...

A person walks past images of National Health Service (NHS) workers displayed on hoardings outside a temporary field hospital at St George’s Hospital, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, January 8, 2022...

US President Joe Biden Federal agencies in the United States are preparing to take punitive action against employees who are not complying with President Joe Biden’s controversial COVID-19 vaccine mandate...

Medical staff treat a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient in their isolation room on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio on January 4, 2022...

This photo taken on May 13, 2021 shows Oliver Barr, 13, as he receives his COVID-19 vaccine administered by medical assistant Karina Cisneros from St...

Commuters wait to board trains during evening rush hour at a railway station, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai, India, January 7, 2022...

Medical staff treat a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient in their isolation room on the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, US, 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...

A health worker inoculates a boy with the CoronaVac vaccine, developed by China’s Sinovac against the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19, at a vaccination centre in Bogota, Colombia, on January 4, 2022...

People wait in line at a COVID-19 testing site in New York’ Times Square on Dec...

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...

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

A crowd of several thousand protesters gathered in Amsterdam on Sunday to protest the COVID-19 lockdown measures and vaccinations, despite a ban on holding public gatherings...

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

Children wait in line for health screenings before entering I...

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...

Switzerland-France border (Photo by AFP) The British government is asking for immediate explanation from France after the government in Paris banned the UK nationals from traveling by car through the country to reach the other European Union states...

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...

A nurse tends to a COVID-19 patient at the intensive care unit of the Antoine Beclere hospital in Clamart, outside Paris, on December 23, 2021...

A sign advises people to wear a mask and stand 6 ft apart as travelers make their way through Miami International Airport on December 28, 2021 in Miami, Florida...

© REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein President Joe Biden has declared an end to the travel ban that barred visitors from eight countries in southern Africa, citing progress made in understanding Omicron - the Covid-19 variant that triggered the restrictions...

© 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...

In this file photo taken on June 10, 2021 the Royal Caribbean’s Odyssey of The Seas arrives at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida...

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

Dr. Anthony Fauci (File photo) Coronavirus cases in the US are expected to continue to increase as the extraordinarily contagious Omicron variant spreads, Dr...

A six year old child receives the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine for 5-11 year old kids at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut on November 2, 2021...

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...

In January 2020, a little less than 2 years ago, the UK officially left the European Union...

People enter the baggage claim area from the international arrivals terminal as the US reopens air and land borders to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinated travelers for the first time since the COVID-19 restrictions were imposed, at Sea-Tac Airport in Seattle, Washington, US on November 8, 2021...

United Airlines and Delta Air Lines have canceled dozens of flights initially scheduled to take off on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, citing a spike in Omicron COVID-19 infections...

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...

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...

A protester holds a banner reading Vaccination passport equals apartheid as she attends a protest in The Hague, the Netherlands, on December 18, 2021...

© 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...