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Not only is Omicron the predominant COVID-19 variant circulating in Canada, but it also continues to dominate much of the conversation currently surrounding the pandemic. The latest update to draw …

Sandi Bell knows how difficult it can be for someone with a disability to book a vaccine appointment through an online portal, or feel confident they’ll have a ride home …

Canada’s most populous provinces are easing some COVID-19 restrictions today, while students head back to classrooms in two Maritime provinces. Ontario and Quebec have reported declines in hospitalizations related to …

Across Canada, there have been booster clinics and vaccine days, all to get more Canadians their shots — but recently, the drive to get shots into arms has hit a …

TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Beijing officials said Sunday they sealed off several residential communities in the city’s northern district after two more cases of COVID-19 were found. Residents in the Anzhenli …

VIENNA — Austria plans to loosen coronavirus restrictions in February after the country’s national vaccine mandate, the first of its kind in Europe, takes effect on Tuesday. Starting Feb. 5, …

MOSCOW — The daily count of new coronavirus infections in Russia spiked above 110,000 on Saturday as the highly contagious omicron variant races through the vast country. The state coronavirus …

JAKARTA, INDONESIA — Indonesia is bracing for a third wave of COVID-19 infections as the highly transmissible Omicron variant drives a surge in new cases, health authorities and experts said …

VIENNA — Austria plans to loosen coronavirus restrictions in February, government officials announced Saturday. Starting Feb. 5, restaurants will be allowed to remain open until midnight, as opposed to 10 …

BEIJING — Chinese are travelling to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year, the country’s biggest family holiday, despite a government plea to stay where they are as Beijing tries …