So far, there has been only a slight rise in hospitalisations and no increase in deaths, said Abdool Karim, who is a public health expert at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Topics South Africa | Coronavirus | Omicron AP  |  Johannesburg  Last Updated at April 29, 2022 10:02 IST South Africa is seeing a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases driven…Continue Reading

US: 9 people hurt in South Carolina’s Hampton County shooting, second incident in 2 days

The authorities in South Carolina, United States, are currently investigating a shooting that took place early Sunday at a nightclub that left nearly nine people injured. It is considered to be the state’s second mass shooting during the Easter holiday weekend, as well as the third such incident in less than a month, Associated Press reported.…Continue Reading

Flooding in South Africa’s Durban area has taken at least 259 lives and is a “catastrophe of enormous proportions,” President Cyril Ramaphosa said Wednesday.A bridge destroyed after a river burst its banks is seen in, Durban, South Africa, on Wednesday. (Rogan Ward/Reuters)Flooding in South Africa’s Durban area has taken at least 259 lives and is…Continue Reading

(This story originally appeared in on Mar 11, 2022)NEW DELHI: To encourage cycling and motivate people to use the eco-friendly mode of transport for last-mile connectivity, South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has launched a project to install 82 hi-tech cycle stations in its areas. Of these, 40 will be established by March 31, said officials.…Continue Reading

18 Feb 2022, 10:07 AM ISTSouth Korea will extend restaurant dining hours but maintain a six-person limit on private social gatherings as it wrestles with a massive coronavirus wave driven by the highly infectious omicron variant.Getty ImagesThe 109,831 new cases reported on Friday was another record and about a 25-fold increase from the levels seen…Continue Reading