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Europe’s healthcare creaks under Omicron’s rapid spread

Europe’s healthcare creaks under Omicron’s rapid spread

Europe’s healthcare systems are being strained once again by the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus over the holiday period, with large numbers of key staff ill or self-isolating and experts predicting the peak of infections is yet to come

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer tests positive for COVID-19

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer tests positive for COVID-19

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said on Friday that he tested positive for COVID-19 and that the infection came from a member of his security detail, Deutsche Welle reports. The news comes as the Austrian government is pressing …

China's economic growth will slow sharply in 2022

China's economic growth will slow sharply in 2022

The World Bank has cut its forecasts for China's economic growth this year and next, as the world's second largest economy faces mounting headwinds from the new Omicron variant to a severe property sector downturn

27,967 new COVID cases registered in Russia

27,967 new COVID cases registered in Russia

The Operational headquarters for preventing the spread of coronavirus reports 27 967 new COVID cases in Russia. Most of the new cases are registered in Moscow 3,013 cases, and the daily incidence of COVID-19 in the …

27,434 new COVID-19 cases registered in Russia

27,434 new COVID-19 cases registered in Russia

The Operational headquarters for preventing the spread of coronavirus reports  27,400 new cases of the disease in Russia. "Over the past 24 hours, in Russia, 27,434 new cases of coronavirus infection registered in 85 regions, …

COVID-19 incidence decreased in Crimea

COVID-19 incidence decreased in Crimea

The press service of the Ministry of Health of Crimea reported that the incidence of coronavirus in Crimea has decreased. Over the past day, 289 cases of the disease were registered, the same number was recorded at the initial stage of a new wave …

Bahrain reports first case of Omicron COVID-19 variant

Bahrain reports first case of Omicron COVID-19 variant

The first carrier of the Omicron coronavirus strain was registered in Bahrain, the Kingdom's Ministry of Health informs. It is clarified that a tourist turned out to be infected. “He was immediately sent to isolation, and …

Georgia passes pandemic fifth wave’s peak

Georgia passes pandemic fifth wave’s peak

Georgia passed the peak of the fifth COVID-19 wave in November, the head of the National Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Amiran Gamkrelidze said, adding that the number of cases is currently decreasing. "We passed the …

30,288 Russians infected with COVID-19 over past 24 hours

30,288 Russians infected with COVID-19 over past 24 hours

The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus infection in Russia increased by 30,288 per day, to 9,986,967 cases, the headquarters for combating the disease informs. It is specified that in relative terms, the increase in new cases is …

3,542 COVID-19 cases detected in Georgia

3,542 COVID-19 cases detected in Georgia

Over the past day in Georgia, the number of patients infected with COVID-19 increased by 3,542,  64 people died. According to the StopCov website, since the beginning of the pandemic, 886,364 cases of infection were registered in …

UN: World trade reaches all-time high

UN: World trade reaches all-time high

Global trade is expected to be worth about $28 trillion this year – an increase of 23 per cent compared with 2020 – but the outlook for 2022 remains very uncertain, economists said.  …