SOUTH AFRICA

The man drank one whole bottle of Jagermeister to win around $12 in the drinking challenge.

The WHO announced that six countries in Africa will receive the necessary resources to produce mRNA vaccines. 

Johnson & Johnson is halting production on their notable one-dose COVID-19 vaccine

Three robbers, armed with a gun and knives, broke the fence and entered the school premises.

The bird hit the engine on the right-hand side with such force that the propeller cut through the cabin and hit the opposite side of the aircraft, penetrating the sidewall.

As increasing evidence shows that the new variant does not cause severe symptoms, officials are confident that the rampant Omicron wave could be short.

Recently, the country’s rolling average of daily cases fell to 10,324 and showed signs of trending downward. 

The Johnson & Johnson booster shot may provide as much as 41 times more protection against COVID-19's Omicron variant.

Can overcoming an infection with the Omicron variant of COVID-19 actually create more immunity to earlier variants? A new study by South African researchers suggested this may be true.

The family was decorating their Christmas tree when they found a venomous snake wrapped on its branches.

COVID-19’s latest variant has left the world in another state of trepidation, but researchers suggest that after two years of the pandemic, the body's immune system may have memorized the virus enough to prevent serious infection.

The Omicron strain of the coronavirus seems to have milder symptoms than previous variants, but has higher transmissibility and can lead to more variants in the future.

Initial reports said that patients who tested positive with COVID-19 after the new variant’s discovery had much less severe symptoms than patients admitted before.

The World Health Organization is warning that the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 may be more contagious than the Delta variant that has dominated concerns throughout 2021.

The COVID variant is expected to reach New York in the coming days.

The U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has begun to ask airlines to share data on travelers to and from the eight African countries subject to restrictions.

The incident took place at the Selati Game Reserve, South Africa, on Sunday.

New variants such as Omicron have prompted more calls from health officials to get people vaccinated.

The Omicron variant has been detected in many countries, including the U.K., Germany, Israel, Hong Kong and Italy.

Germany, the United Kingdom, and Italy have all discovered cases of the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 on Saturday.

Major vaccine manufacturers such as AstraZeneca and Moderna have stated that they are continually working to find ways to adapt their shots to the mutated strain, known as Omicron.