KATHMANDU– The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is now driving daily cases to surge in Nepal, accounting for 88 percent of the samples tested recently, the country’s Ministry of Health and Population said yesterday.   “During the latest gene sequencing of

SINGAPORE– Singapore reported 3,496 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally to 313,772.   Of the new cases, 2,007 cases were detected through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests, and 1,489 through ART (antigen rapid test) tests, according

JAKARTA– Indonesia, yesterday, confirmed 2,925 new COVID-19 cases, raising the country’s tally of infections to 4,286,378, according to the country’s Health Ministry.   The ministry said, in the past 24 hours, the death toll from COVID-19 in Indonesia, rose by

DHAKA– The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is driving a huge spike in fresh infections in Bangladesh, a senior official said yesterday. Nazmul Islam, a spokesman for the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), told reporters, “A huge spike in infections

BEIJING– Beijing Municipality swung into action, adopting swift and targeted measures, to contain the spread of infections, after a local resurgence in COVID-19 cases was reported recently. Yesterday, Fengtai, a district of about two million people, conducted district-wide nucleic acid