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Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Covid-19: How South African scientists spotted the Omicron variant November 30, 2021 at 04:40PM
The discovery of the Omicron variant in southern Africa has caused global alarm, with countries limiting travel from the region and imposing other restrictions for fear it could spread quickly even in vaccinated populations.
Three students killed in US high school shooting: Police November 30, 2021 at 10:43AM
Three students were killed and six other people, including a teacher, were wounded Tuesday in a shooting at a high school in rural Oxford, Michigan, local police said.
Monday, November 29, 2021
Omicron may force drug companies to tweak Covid vaccination plans November 29, 2021 at 12:15PM
The emergence of the Omicron strain could lead drug companies scrambling to the drawing board to tweak their Covid-19 vaccine plans. US firm Novavax and Russia’s Gamaleya Institute said on Monday that they had initiated work on developing new versions of their respective vaccines adapted to the mutant strain. Pfizer and Moderna too said they were racing to tweak their vaccines.
India vows to stand by Africa, says all Covax orders cleared November 29, 2021 at 10:48AM
Expressing support for Africa, which has been rattled by the discovery of Covid-19 variant Omicron, the government on Monday announced it had cleared all orders placed so far by the UN-backed Covax programme for supplies of Covishield vaccines, including to African countries like Malawi, Ethiopia, Zambia, Mozambique, Guinea and Lesotho. The government expressed solidarity in a statement with countries, particularly in Africa, that have so far been affected by Omicron.
Sunday, November 28, 2021
Omicron spreads, cases detected in Netherlands, Denmark, Australia November 28, 2021 at 03:15PM
Omicron kept spreading around the world on Sunday, with 13 cases found in the Netherlands and two each in Denmark and Australia even as more countries imposed travel restriction. Dutch health authorities said the 13 cases of the variant were found among people on two flights from South Africa to Amsterdam on Friday. Authorities had tested all of over 600 passengers on the two flights and had found 61 Covid cases.
West seeing surge despite higher fully-vaccinated population November 28, 2021 at 11:04AM
At a time when a new variant has led to restrictions on travellers from South Africa and other African nations, many western courtries are seeing a surge in Covid cases despite a larger propottion of their population being fully vaccinated with Germany, US and the UK reporting more than 50,000 Covid cases daily, according to the John Hopkins university Covid resource centre. The highest 65,584 cases were reported by Germany on Saturday.
China study warns of 'colossal' Covid-19 outbreak if it adopts 'open-up' strategies like US, UK November 28, 2021 at 01:33AM
Warning about a "colossal" Covid-19 outbreak, a new study by the Chinese mathematicians has advised against dropping the country's zero-tolerance policies by lifting travel curbs. China could not afford to lift travel restrictions without more efficient vaccinations or specific treatments, said Peking University mathematicians, in the report published in China CDC Weekly by the Chinese Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.
Saturday, November 27, 2021
'Be vigilant', WHO tells Southeast Asia countries amid case surge November 27, 2021 at 01:06AM
Amid the detection of a new coronavirus variant and surge in cases elsewhere, the WHO Saturday asked countries in the southeast Asia region to scale up surveillance, strengthen public health and social measures, and enhance vaccination coverage. The global health body said festivities and celebrations must include all precautionary measures and crowds and large gatherings must be avoided.
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