December 21, 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday raised the alarm that the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading faster than the Delta variant and is causing infections in people already vaccinated or who have recovered from the COVID-19 disease.

WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Monday it would be ‘unwise’ to conclude from early evidence that Omicron is a milder variant than previous ones.

Speaking to some Geneva-based journalists yesterday, Soumya Swaminathan stated that ‘with the numbers going up, all health systems are going to be under strain.’

She warned that South Africa and other places reporting lower …

The education minister in Libya was on Monday arrested as part of an enquiry into a lack of schoolbooks, the prosecution service have disclosed.

In a statement on Monday evening, the prosecution service explained that Moussa al-Megarief ‘was placed in preventative detention pending an investigation into (possible) negligence’.

‘The Public Prosecution has launched an enquiry to determine the circumstances around contractual procedures for the printing of textbooks and the reasons for a shortfall,’ it said.

A number of other officials are wanted for questioning, including the minister for planning, it further added.

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