Iran says it is committed to reaching a good deal in the shortest possible time during the Vienna talks, but won’t be hamstrung by artificial deadlines.

With the number of new Omicron cases rapidly surging in Iran, the country has once again turned to restrictive measures to curb the virus.

The Palestinian health ministry said on Sunday it had identified the first case of the Omicron coronavirus variant in the Gaza Strip.

Covid is putting a damper on Christmas and New Year’s Eve events for the second year, as it forces the cancelation of celebrations and travel plans.

A return to normalcy after almost two years of the COVID-19 pandemic appeared to be within reach, that is, until the emergence of the dangerous variant Dubbed Omicron.

More cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus were confirmed in the United States on Thursday.

China has already supplied nearly 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Africa, where vaccination rates have fallen behind amid growing concern over the spread of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

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Many countries have blacklisted South Africa and its neighbors in an attempt to prevent the new COVID-19 Omicron variant from reaching their lands, which has angered the African countries.

The Italian Health Authorities confirmed on Sunday that the Omicron covid-19 variant, a heavily mutated strain of the virus recently identified in southern Africa, has been detected in an Italian man who had just returned from a business trip in Mozambique.