Top Headlines: WHO warns on Omicron; public health infra priority in 2022

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Covid-19: WHO sounds warning over fast-spreading Omicron variant

The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading faster than the Delta variant and is causing infections in people already vaccinated or who have recovered from the Covid-19 disease, WHO head said. WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan added it would be "unwise" to conclude from early evidence that Omicron was a milder variant that previous ones. Read more 
 

Banks, online merchants race to comply with RBI card data storage norms

With less than a fortnight to go before the new card data storage norms of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)