Tag: South Africa
Omicron less likely to cause hospitalization, UK government study says
Christmas shoppers in London on Dec. 23, 2021.Hasan Esen | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesLONDON — People are far less likely to be admitted to hospi [...]
Omicron variant has lower risk of hospitalization, studies suggest
A health worker packages a coronavirus swab test at a Testaro Covid-19 testing site in the Goodwood district of Cape Town, South Africa, on Thursda [...]
4 charts show current state of pandemic heading into 2022
A pedestrian wearing a protective face mask walks past a street-art mural by French street artist JBC, in tribute to health workers depicting a nur [...]
Cold, runny nose, headache, London cases shows
LONDON — Symptoms associated with the Covid-19 omicron variant could be similar to those that normally accompany a cold, but experts are warning pe [...]
Oxford University study says omicron can hit the double vaccinated
Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty ImagesLONDON — Two doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines are substantially less ef [...]
Omicron symptoms, cases and vaccine evasion: What we know now
Lab technicians in the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology in Russia.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesIt's been [...]
Omicron reduces Covid antibody protection in small study of Pfizer vaccine
Nurse Mary Ezzat administers a Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot to Jessica M. at UCI Medical Center in Orange, CA, on Thursday, August 19, 2021.Jeff Gr [...]
Global hopes pinned on vaccine makers to overcome omicron variant
A lab technician wearing a full body protection suit handles a bottle containing growth media for virus production during coronavirus vaccine resea [...]
Omicron Covid variant symptoms? Here’s what we know so far
Member of the medical staff work in the hallways of the Intensive Care Unit where Covid-19 patients are hospitalised at the Etterbeek-Ixelles Hospi [...]
European officials voice concern over ‘alarming’ new Covid variant
A top EU official said that news of a new coronavirus variant is "alarming" and admitted there could be implications for the region's economy.A han [...]
South Africa health minister calls travel bans ‘unjustified’
Health Deputy Minister Dr Joe Phaahla, September 02, 2020 in Springs, South Africa.OJ Koloti | Gallo Images | Getty ImagesSouth African Health Mini [...]
WHO says omicron strain is variant of concern
A nurse prepares the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for children for distribution in Montreal, Quebec on November 24, 2021.ANDREJ IVANOV | AFP | [...]
U.S. to restrict travel from South Africa, 7 other nations
A traveler wears a face mask while checking their phone on the arrivals level outside the Tom Bradley International Terminal (TBIT) at Los Angeles [...]
Boeing, airline stocks tumble as new Covid variant spurs travel curbs
Passengers, wearing protective face masks, walk through the international arrivals hall after arriving at Terminal 2 at London Heathrow Airport.Sim [...]
WHO calls special meeting to discuss new Covid variant from South Africa with ‘large number of mutations’
RT: Maria Van Kerkhove, Head a.i. Emerging Diseases and Zoonosis at the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference on the sit [...]