Health

Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Tuesday that an Israeli study indicated that four coronavirus vaccinations were "safe" and increased antibodies "fivefold".

The WHO said it was seeing 'more and more studies pointing out that Omicron is infecting the upper part of the body' - and therefore causes milder symptoms than other variants.

The highly transmissible coronavirus variant Omicron is surging across Turkey as the country reels from an economic crisis.

The Kuwaiti foreign ministry said citizens should 'delay their trips' generally and, in particular, to France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain and Italy.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in a televised address on Sunday that Israel would this week begin loosening curbs on international travel even as Omicron-fuelled cases spiral.

Michigan has been among the hardest-hit states in the US by Covid-19 during this fourth wave. Doctors say they are exhausted and are urging people to get vaccinated.

Bahrain approves the emergency use of the oral Covid-19 antiviral drug Paxlovid.

Covid-19 infections continue to rise in Saudi Arabia, with the Gulf country recording over 1,000 in a single day, and the UAE also experiencing a rise in positive results.

Pfizer this month said the pill, Paxlovid, showed near 90 percent efficacy in preventing hospitalisations and deaths in high-risk patients.

Turkovac was given the green light for emergency use last week as Covid-19 cases surged in Turkey due to the spread of the Omicron variant.