Sun 28 November 2021: As more cases of the coronavirus’s Omicron strain have been reported around the world, South Africa appears to be taking a bashing for disclosing its detection of the variant. The United Kingdom, Belgium, Israel, Germany, and the Netherlands are among the most recent countries to report cases of the new strain. […]
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Sun 28 November 2021: Israel will host the Miss Universe beauty pageant on Dec 12 despite imposing travel restrictions in a bid to stave off the Omicron strain of the coronavirus, Tourism Minister Yoel Razvozov said on Sunday. “This is an event that will be broadcast in 174 countries, a very important event, a event […]
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Sat 27 November 2021: As Germany is hit by the fourth COVID-19 wave, the situation in the country is “more serious than ever,” acting Minister of Health Jens Spahn told journalists here on Friday. “The situation is dramatically serious, more serious than it’s been at any point in the pandemic,” Spahn said, stressing that “the […]
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Sat 27 November 2021: According to South Korean news agency Newsis, South Korean government is considering making unvaccinated citizens pay a portion of the cost of COVID-19 treatment. The initiative aims to boost the country’s vaccination rate, which is currently at 79.4 percent for the general population and 91.2 percent for adults. However, the recent […]
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Sat 27 November 2021: The new Omicron variant of the coronavirus results in mild disease, without prominent syndromes, Angelique Coetzee, the chairwoman of the South African Medical Association, told Sputnik on Saturday. The World Health Organization (WHO) identified on Friday the new South African strain as one of concern, as it is reported to carry […]
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Sat 27 November 2021: As international worry grows over a novel coronavirus strain discovered in South Africa, US President Joe Biden has called on countries attending a WTO meeting next week to relax intellectual property rights for coronavirus vaccines. Biden said in a statement on Friday that the finding of the new variation shows that […]
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Sat 27 November 2021: Fears of the spread of a new coronavirus strain discovered in South Africa, which has been designated as a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organization (WHO), have prompted countries around the world to impose travel restrictions. Early evidence suggests that the new B.1.1529 variant, called Omicron after a letter […]
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Fri 26 November 2021: According to local press, at least 58 cities in the southeast Brazilian states of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais have decided to cancel Carnival 2022 celebrations due to COVID-19 outbreaks. The famous Brazilian festival was canceled in 2021, in the midst of the country’s second wave of COVID-19 infections and deaths. […]
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Fri 26 November 2021: Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease official, told CNN that the US will decide whether to ban travel from South Africa due to the risk of a new COVID-19 variant as soon as enough data is gathered. The US is in active communication with South African colleague scientists, he […]
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Fri 26 November 2021: South Africa confirmed on Thursday that it has detected the new Coronavirus variant B.1.1.529 in the country. The variant was discovered through collaborative efforts with private laboratories and the Network for Genomic Surveillance in South Africa (NGS-SA) members. NGS-SA is a network of laboratories, scientists and academic institutions that have been […]
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