A new strain of coronavirus has been labelled as a 'variant of interest' by the World Health Organisation, although the officials have predicted a low public health risk.

WHO designates new Covid strain ‘Eris’ as 'variant of interest' amid global surge in cases

Israel's Health Ministry on Friday reported a new coronavirus variant. Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, this new variant has left the global community flabbergasted.

New Covid variant identified in Israel. Here's all you need to know

Over 40 per cent Covid cases in the United States in the week of December 31 were of Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5, according to Epidemiologist Dr Eric Feigl-Ding, who cited data from the US Centers for Disease Control (US CDC) to lay the claim.

Covid in USA: Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 accounts for over 40 per cent cases

Lapses in strategies to tackle COVID-19 this year continue to create "the perfect conditions" for a deadly new variant to emerge, the World Health Organization's Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday (December 2).

Drop in Covid alertness could create deadly new variant, says WHO

Several European countries such as Belgium and Germany are imposing travel bans on all the incoming flights from the UK and South Africa to make sure the new variant does not get transmitted to their countries.

'Not out of control', says WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom over new 'Covid-19 variant'