Even before the arrival of Omicron, the winter months were going to be tough for parts of the United States. While COVID transmission rates in the South caught fire over the summer, the Northeast and
Published 10 December 2021 comments Share page About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus Image source, Getty Images By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent Two doses of a Covid vaccine are
A lot is still unknown around Omicron, but a worrying trend has become clear: This variant sure is spreading fast. In South Africa , the U.K. , and Denmark —countries with the best variant surveillanc
And there it is, the first trickle of data to confirm it. In the eyes of vaccinated immune systems, Omicron looks like a big old weirdo—but also, a kind of familiar one. That’s the verdict served up b
Published 8 December 2021 Share page About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus Image source, Reuters Image caption, The booster is said to improve the level of neutralising antibodies Pfizer and BioNTe
Published 8 December 2021 Share page About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Lab tests in South Africa suggest Omicron could evade the Pfizer jab Existing va
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YouTube The first case of the omicron variant of COVID-19 has been identified in the U.S., health officials said on Wednesday. The case was detected in a person in California, according to the Centers
U .S. health officials on Wednesday reported the country’s first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, in a person in California. The Covid-19 case was identified by the California and San F
There are indications that individuals fully vaccinated against corona within six months or with the booster are also protected against the Omicron variant , Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz said on Tu
Dutch health authorities announced on Tuesday that they found the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus in cases dating back as long as 11 days, indicating that it was already spreading in western Eu
Published 29 November 2021 Share page About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus Image source, Getty Images Image caption, The variant has been reported in a number of countries including the Netherland
Published 27 November 2021 Share page About sharing Related Topics Coronavirus pandemic Image source, Reuters Sixty-one people who arrived in Amsterdam on two flights from South Africa have tested pos
The World Health Organisation said ‘Omicron’ had a higher chance of reinfection The highly infectious strain of coronavirus that emerged in South Africa has been classed as a ‘variant of concern’ by t