Japan Extends Entry Ban for Foreigners, Citing Omicron

Tokyo’s Haneda airport in December. The variety of people coming into Japan is capped at about…

Omicron Fuels Fresh Surge, Threatening India’s Hospitals Anew

NEW DELHI—With considerably less than 50 percent of India’s inhabitants completely vaccinated in opposition to Covid-19…

Karnataka’s Omicron tally at 333 with 107 fresh infections

Karnataka on Friday reported 107 new cases of the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus taking…

South Africa Says Its Omicron Wave Is in Retreat

The South African government said a wave of Covid-19 caused by the Omicron variant is retreating,…

Omicron variant not convincing unvaccinated people to get the COVID-19 shot

Photograph: Pramote Polyamate/Getty Visuals The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is the most recent variant of problem…

Davos Economic Forum Is Postponed as Omicron Leads to Further Cancellations, Travel Bans

Israel is set to bar its citizens from traveling to the U.S. and Canada for the…

Boris Johnson revives working from home advice to combat omicron

Good morning.  British Gasoline proprietor Centrica has inked a deal to offload oil and gas assets…

Omicron Covid variant changes tone in coming week for easyJet PLC, Future PLC, Wise PLC and AJ Bell results

The commence of the new month of December signifies a new blizzard of financial information, in…

Omicron Variant Prompts Governments to Push Covid-19 Boosters

TEL AVIV—Israel, the United Arab Emirates and the U.K., all early adopters of the Covid-19 vaccine,…

Omicron Variant Drives Rise in Covid-19 Hospitalizations in South Africa Hot Spot

JOHANNESBURG—The emergence of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in South Africa has driven a sharp…