Omicron Variant

A second case of the COVID-19 Omicron variant was reported in Delhi, the government said. The infected person had returned from Zimbabwe and had also visited South Africa. A second case of the COVID-19 Omicron variant was reported in…
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Britain reports 58,194 new coronavirus cases, reaching levels not seen since early January, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases in the country to 10,719,165, according to official figures released Friday. The country also…
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Covid vaccine boosters improve protection to as much as 75% against a rapidly spreading omicron variant that’s much more likely to bypass two doses than earlier strains, preliminary U.K. data show. The basic course of shots from…
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Two Singapore residents may have caught the omicron variant even after receiving Covid-19 booster shots, in cases that may shed light on the protection offered by the third dose of vaccine. A 24-year-old female airport passenger service…
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The World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday it remained unclear whether additional Covid-19 vaccine doses are needed to protect against the new Omicron variant, and urged wealthy countries to avoid hoarding the jabs. The UN health…
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Three doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine appear effective against the omicron variant, a lab test indicated — encouraging news, even as Denmark and Britain announced new restrictions to stem surging caseloads. In preliminary…
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Singapore’s Ministry of Health has said that early clinical observations globally suggest that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 may be more transmissible and have a higher risk of reinfection compared to the Delta and Beta variants of the…
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After Karnataka confirmed two positive cases of Omicron variant, including a local doctor and a South African national, four people have tested COVID-19 positive in Rajasthan. All four are members of the same family who recently returned…
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South Africa is being hit by a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections driven by the Omicron variant which has been detected in seven of the country’s nine provinces, Health Minister Joe Phaahla said on Friday. Omicron, which has raised global…
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There are nine cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in France, according to a health ministry update on Friday, while Australia reported its first cases of community transmission of the new strain. US President Joe Biden…
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