Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis:Johnson Pressed To ResignPressure mounts on Boris Johnson to resign as United Kingdom (UK) prime minister after he apologises after admitting to taking part in a party in Downing Street that broke the rules during the first lockdown in 2020.Omicron Variant 'Dangerous'The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is dangerous, and especially so for those who have not been vaccinated against the disease, the World Health Organization says.&

Omicron’s arrival has once again changed the course of the pandemic. The increased transmissibility of the COVID-19 variant means record numbers of people are being infected across the globe, and with each infection comes a period of isolation for every individual and their close contacts.Most countries have ended their furlough schemes, so despite staff members being off with COVID-19 they have had to remain open, often short staffed.

I am starting to think that common sense really is not that common after all - we live in exceedingly stupid times. Exhibit 874: United States (US) anti-vaxxers are now urging people to drink their own urine to fight coronavirus. Over the weekend, Christopher Key, the leader of an anti-COVID-19 vaccine group called the “Vaccine Police”, posted videos online extolling the health benefits of what he described as “urine therapy”.

More than half of people in Europe will likely catch Omicron by March, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, as the World Bank warned the contagious variant could hamper global economic recovery.Millions in China were locked down again, exactly two years after Beijing reported the first death from what was later confirmed to be coronavirus.The highly transmissible Omicron strain has swept across countries, forcing governments to impose fresh measures and some rolling out vaccine booster

Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis:Half Of Europe To Catch OmicronMore than half of Europeans are likely to catch the Omicron COVID variant in the next two months if infections continue at the current rate, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.Repeated Boosters Not 'Viable'WHO experts warn that repeating booster doses of the original COVID vaccines is not a viable strategy against emerging variants and call for new jabs that better protect against transmi

A court in Myanmar has sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four more years in prison, in the latest of a series of trials.She was convicted for the illegal possession and import of walkie-talkies and breaking COVID-19 rules.Suu Kyi was first convicted in December and given a reduced jail sentence of two years.She has been detained since a military coup last February and faces about a dozen charges, all of which she denies.Her trials have been widely condemned as unfair.The charges in

Pfizer expects a COVID-19 vaccine targeting the Omicron variant to be ready in March, the company's head said Monday.Pfizer Chief Executive Officer Albert Bourla told CNBC that Pfizer is already manufacturing doses due to keen interest from governments, as authorities contend with huge COVID-19 infection counts, including large numbers of "breakthrough" Omicron cases in vaccinated populations."This vaccine will be ready in March," Bourla told the network.

A researcher in Cyprus discovered a strain of the coronavirus that combines the Delta and Omicron variant, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday.Leondios Kostrikis, professor of biological sciences at the University of Cyprus and head of the Laboratory of Biotechnology and Molecular Virology, called the strain “Deltacron,” because of its Omicron-like genetic signatures within the Delta genomes.So far, Kostrikis and his team have found 25 cases of the virus, according to the report.

A Myanmar junta court on Monday is expected to deliver verdicts on ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in several delayed cases, the latest in a slew of judgements which could see her jailed for decades.The Nobel laureate has been detained since 1 February when her government was forced out in an early morning coup, ending Myanmar's short-lived experiment with democracy.The generals' power grab triggered widespread dissent, which security forces sought to quell with mass detentions and b

Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis:More Than 10 Million Cases In AfricaAfrica has registered more than 10 million coronavirus cases, according to figures from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, covering 55 countries and a continent of 1.2 billion people.14 Million People Tested In China's TianjinThe northern Chinese port city of Tianjin advises its nearly 14 million residents to stay at home while authorities conduct mass COVID testing after a