The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said the country’s ambassador to Yemen is returning home to get treatment for the coronavirus. In a tweet on Saturday, Khatibzadeh said Hassan Irloo needed urgent medical attention days after contracting the infectious disease. The spokesman also expressed gratitude to the countries that ...
The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in 89 countries, and COVID-19 cases involving the variant are doubling every 1.5 to 3 days in places with community transmission and not just infections acquired abroad, the World Health Organization said Saturday. Omicron’s “substantial growth advantage” over the Delta variant ...