As nations cut off air connections from southern Africa over fears of yet another global wave of coronavirus, researchers on Sunday struggled to gather data on the new Omicron variant, its capabilities and – perhaps most importantly – how effectively current vaccines will protect against it. . The early finds are a mixed picture. The … Read more
Canadian officials announced Sunday that the omicron variant of Covid-19 has reached North America, where two cases are popping up in the province of Ontario. A joint statement from Ontario’s top health officials, Christine Elliott and Kieran Moore, said that two people who had recently been to Nigeria have tested positive for the variant. Contact … Read more
Countries around the world reported their first case of the Omicron variant over the weekend, and some introduced new travel restrictions that ran to protect themselves from the potentially more contagious strain, though scientists warned they did not yet know how serious it was. will turn out to be. Canada, Australia, the Netherlands and Austria … Read more
The new variant, known as Omicron, was first identified in South Africa, although it is unclear whether it originated there or whether it was brought into the country from elsewhere in the region. What researchers know is that the virus is much more likely to mutate in places where vaccination is low and transmission high. … Read more
South Africa, on the other hand, sequences 0.8 percent of its virus samples and ranks 37th worldwide. About 35 percent of the population is vaccinated, according to the country’s health ministry. (Other trackers have lower numbers.) No other country in Africa has exceeded the threshold for sequencing 5,000 samples. Kenya, however, is close to doing … Read more
Amid growing concerns about the new Omicron variant, Los Angeles County health officials are urging the public to wear masks in indoor public environments and at outdoor “mega-events” and be vaccinated as the best way to protect against yet another winter wave. The variant, first identified in South Africa amid an increase in infections there, … Read more
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JOHANNESBURG, November 28 (Reuters) – A South African doctor who was one of the first to suspect another coronavirus strain among patients said on Sunday that the symptoms of the Omicron variant were mild so far and could be treated at home. Dr. Angelique Coetzee, a private practitioner and president of the South African Medical … Read more
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“But it is quite likely that we will see cases,” said Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health. “It should double our efforts to use the tools we have, which are vaccinations and boosters – and to make sure we get them to the rest of the world,” Collins told CNN on … Read more
Mandatory face masks are back in England. The fear factor has returned. After months of assuming the Covid-19 pandemic was almost over, the UK government has imposed new restrictions in an attempt to curb the spread of the new Omicron variant of coronavirus. Financial markets did not wait for the Downing Street announcement. It is … Read more