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Africa CDC says severe lockdowns no longer tool to contain Covid-19

Africa’s top public health official said on Thursday (Jan 6) that severe lockdowns were no longer the best way to contain Covid-19, praising South Africa for adopting that approach when responding to its latest infection wave driven by the Omicron variant.

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India sees rise in Omicron variant cases

The tally of coronavirus variant Omicron has reached 781 in India. The highly transmissible variant of concern has now spread to 21 states in the country.

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750 new Covid-19 cases in Singapore; 389 Omicron infections confirmed

Singapore reported 750 new Covid-19 cases as of noon on Monday (Jan 10), including 487 imported infections. There were no fatalities, and the death toll from coronavirus complications remains at 838, according to the latest infection statistics on the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) website.