Tag: COVID-19 Infections

Hong Kong Considers Lockdown as Daily Infections Top 34,000

HONG KONG—Hong Kong reported a record 34,466 new coronavirus infections Monday as deaths continued to climb, as authorities assess the possibilities of locking down the city. Hong Kong is grappling with a coronavirus surge driven primarily by the Omicron variant. Daily cases have more than quadrupled from a week ago, when the city reported over…


Spain Detects First Omicron Case, COVID-19 Infections Rise

MADRID—Spain has detected its first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in a 51-year-old man who arrived from South Africa on Sunday after a layover in Amsterdam, Madrid’s regional health authority said on Monday as Spain’s overall infection rate rose. The microbiology unit at Madrid’s Gregorio Maranon hospital, which sequenced and confirmed the…