KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 — The recovery in air travel continued in November 2021, however, Covid-19 Omicron restrictions are likely to affect the period ahead, said the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

JAKARTA, Jan 12 — Indonesia rolled out booster doses of the Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday, amid a surge in Covid-19 infections fuelled by the Omicron variant.

BANGKOK, Jan 7 — Thailand today announced more Covid-19 restrictions and measures including the suspension on its quarantine-free 'Test & Go' entry programme extended until further notice, in a bid to contain the spread of Covid-19 infections.

LABUAN, Jan 7 — The number of new Covid-19 cases from the Omicron-linked cluster of Jalan OKK Awang Besar Saudi has increased from an initial 13 to 18 as of yesterday, said Labuan Health Department director Dr Ismuni Bohari.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — The Health Ministry (MOH) foresees that daily Covid-19 infections will reach 30,000 cases if measures are not taken to curb the Omicron wave.

BANGKOK, Jan 5 — Thailand will assess the post-New Year holiday’s Covid-19 situation before making a decision on necessary measures to stem a new wave of infections.

KOTA KINABALU, Jan 5 — A local man who returned to the country on December 19 after performing umrah became the first case of Covid-19 Omicron variant to be detected in Sabah, said state Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun.

SINGAPORE, Jan 5 — Given the higher transmissibility of the Covid-19 Omicron variant, Singapore is likely to experience an infection wave that is greater than that of Delta, according to the republic’s multi-ministry task force (MTF) on Covid-19.

LABUAN, Jan 5 — A new Covid-19 cluster has emerged in the duty-free-island here over the past 24 hours, recording 13 cases with one of them being Omicron variant.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — A total of 58 new Covid-19 Omicron variant cases have been confirmed, with 54 of them being imported cases and four local transmissions, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

MUMBAI, Jan 3 — India started vaccinating children aged 15 to 18 against the coronavirus on Monday as it quickly expands its inoculation effort to cover the world's largest adolescent population amid fears the Omicron variant will drive a new surge of infections.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 2 — The temporary suspension of travel permission to perform the umrah is to slow down the spread of the Covid-19 Omicron variant as data obtained showed that almost 78 per cent of the ‘presumptive’ new Omicron cases are from those returning from the pilgrimage, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 28 — The Health Ministry (MOH) is of the view that it was still too early to impose a travel ban for the Umrah pilgrimage in Mecca following an increase in Omicron variant cases, its minister Khairy Jamaluddin said.

IPOH, Dec 28 — Perak has detected the second case of the Omicron Covid-19 variant in the state, involving an individual who returned home after performing the umrah pilgrimage.

WASHINGTON, Dec 28 — Nearly 3,000 flights have been cancelled and more than 12,000 have been delayed globally on Monday over concerns among airlines about the coronavirus Omicron variant, according to the tracking website Flightradar24, Sputnik reported.

MELAKA, Dec 27 — Putra Specialist Hospital (Melaka) Sdn.

SINGAPORE, Dec 27 — As international evidence indicate the Omicron variant of Covid-19 is likely to be more transmissible yet less severe than the Delta variant, and that vaccines especially boosters help retain substantial protection against hospitalisations, Singapore will adjust its approach in managing the spread of Omicron.

SYDNEY, Dec 26 — Australia on Monday reported its first confirmed death from the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 amid another surge in daily infections, but the authorities refrained from imposing new restrictions saying hospitalisation rates remained low.

JOHOR BAHRU, Dec 26 — Johor recorded its two earliest cases of Covid-19 of the Omicron variant involving a couple who returned home from Saudi Arabia, said the State Health and Environment Committee chairman R.

GEORGE TOWN, Dec 23 — Despite the resumption of the domestic cruises, the government is taking a cautious approach in allowing the International cruise sector to reopen due to the new wave of Covid-19 brought by the heavily mutated Omicron variant.