In Myanmar, more than 40,000 people are reported to have been displaced in Chin State  as a result of recent violence.

EU President  Ursula Von der Leyen said that European Union does not recognise the new regime, imposed through violence,

If China dropped its zero-tolerance policy by lifting travel curbs, the country could face "colossal outbreak" .

 India, Russia and China have reaffirmed their support for a transparent, open, inclusive and non-discriminatory multilateral trading system with WTO.

WHO declared the recently-discovered B.1.1.529 strain in southern Africa, to be a variant of concern and renamed it Omicron.

The WTO postponed its in-person ministerial conference in Geneva as Switzerland tightened travel restrictions over Omicron covid variant,