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28.04.2022 / 18:27

Omicron BA.4, BA.5 is more…: Epidemiologist on new strains as Covid surges in South Africa

associated with a resurgence in infections in South Africa approximately four months on fromthe start of the Omicron wave. Pre-print - https://t.co/llcagIwEtI

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Digital payments to health workers boost retention, motivation, and impact

An immunization worker gets set up to receive her wages on her mobile wallet in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Credit: WHO

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‘No one is safe until…’: Scientist warns vaccine inequity amid latest Covid surge

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More deadly Covid variants can emerge: WHO warns of another coronavirus wave

WHO warned that with winter approaching for Southern Hemisphere countries, “there is a high risk of another wave of new COVID infections." The coronavirus spreads more easily in cooler temperatures when people are more likely to gather in larger numbers indoors.

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WHO monitors two new Omicron Covid sub-variants BA.4, BA.5: All you need to know

variant which are globally dominant right now include BA.1 and BA.2.

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Omicron threat: People vaccinated thrice can fight Covid variant, shows study

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The reason Omicron symptoms are less severe than other Covid variants

First identified in Botswana and South Africa, Omicron has now become the dominant strain of Covid in Scotland.

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US to lift its ban on travel from southern Africa

The United States is set to lift its travel ban imposed on several southern African nations from next Friday, 31 December.

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US will lift travel ban on southern African countries on Dec. 31

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. will lift travel restrictions to eight southern African countries on New Year's Eve, the White House announced Friday.The restrictions, imposed last month, were meant to blunt the spread of the COVID omicron variant.The Nov.

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US to lift its ban on travel from southern Africa

The United States is set to lift its travel ban imposed on several southern African nations from next Friday, 31 December.

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U.S. preparing to lift travel restrictions on 8 southern African countries

travel restrictions on eight southern African countries imposed last month over concerns about the fast-spreading COVID-19 Omicron variant, a senior administration official told Reuters.Foreign nationals who are barred from the United States because they have been in one of the eight countries within the prior 14 days will again be allowed on U.S.-bound flights leaving after 12:01 a.m. ET on Dec.

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New Ambassadors and High Commissioners present credentials to President

COLOMBO (News 1st); Seventeen newly accredited envoys to Sri Lanka including 11 newly appointed Ambassadors and six High Commissioners presented their credentials to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President’s House on Tuesday (21).The new Ambassadors were appointed from Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Hungary, Mauritania, Tunisia, Argentina, the Dominican Republic, Spain and Slovenia.The new High Commissioners represent Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Botswana, Malta, the Republic of Guyana and Nigeria.1. Mr.

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Travelling to India? Check these new Covid-19 testing rules

RT PCR test if they are coming from the countries 'at risk' or have visited 'at risk' countries in the last 14 days. The link to the airport website would be provided on the Air Suvidha platform which would be displayed to passengers while filling up the self-declaration form, it mentioned.

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Omicron Covid-19 variant: India among the countries affected by Omicron. See full list

List of the Omicron affected countries:

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Delhi: 15 Covid-19 positive patients under scanner amid Omicron concerns

symptoms like fever, sore throat, and history of Covid-positive patient.

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First case of new Omicron COVID-19 variant confirmed in Hamilton

Omicron COVID-19 variant, according to public health.The city agency said test results from an Ontario lab confirmed the results on Saturday, just days after the province’s top doc revealed an investigation.Chief medical officer of health Dr. Kieran Moore said the two individuals returned from Africa, tested positive for COVID and had samples sent for genome sequencing.City health officials have been urging anyone who travelled to Botswana, Egypt, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zimbabwe within 14 days before arriving in Hamilton to self-isolate, even if vaccinated.

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Omicron variant: South Africa may offer glimpse into the future

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Dr. Sikhulile Moyo was analyzing COVID-19 samples in his lab in Botswana last week when he noticed they looked startlingly different from others.Within days, the world was ablaze with the news that the coronavirus had a new variant of concern — one that appears to be driving a dramatic surge in South Africa and offering a glimpse of where the pandemic might be headed.New COVID-19 cases in South Africa have burgeoned from about 200 a day in mid-November to more than 16,000 on Friday.

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Mysteries of omicron covid variant could take weeks to untangle

Omicron might not turn out “as bad as we're perhaps imagining it could be but treating it as such at the moment I think is entirely appropriate," he said.

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Omicron variant Covid cases 'mild' and vaccines will work, says WHO

An official from the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said early signs show that most Omicron coronavirus cases are 'mild'.

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Omicron variant: Airlines must ID passengers who traveled through southern Africa, CDC says

ATLANTA - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ordered all airlines to turn over the names of passengers who have traveled to southern African countries now under travel restrictions.South African scientists announced last week they’d identified the omicron COVID-19 variant, which shows signs of being highly infectious.

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Omicron: How South African scientists spotted heavily mutated Covid variant

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Omicron variant: Canada expands travel ban, seeks booster guidance

Canada is restricting travel from three more African countries and seeking guidance on COVID-19 boosters amid the emergence of the Omicron variant.

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Omicron variant not yet detected in Saskatchewan; 40 people told to test, isolate

public health agency has notified 40 people in the province to test and isolate after recently travelling from several countries in the southern African region as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was first detected in South Africa. Saskatchewan health experts weigh in on possible impact of Omicron variant on holiday season Dr.

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Biden says no new lockdowns for Omicron COVID-19 variant

Today President Joe Biden addressed the nation on the Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant, a concerning strain of the COVID-19 virus first identified in South Africa late last week. Biden said the variant was a cause for concern—not panic—and cautioned that although newly placed travel restrictions will buy the county some time, the variant will likely soon be in the United States.

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Public health investigating possible new Omicron COVID-19 variant cases in Hamilton

COVID-19 variant are being investigated by the local and provincial public health agencies, according to Ontario’s top doc.In an early Monday morning press conference, chief medical officer of health Dr.

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Omicron scare: India makes post-arrival covid test mandatory

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Omicron scare: Health officials look for Botswana woman who visited Madhya Pradesh

Jabalpur airport. Information has also been gathered from hotels in Jabalpur and neighbouring districts, he added.

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New Covid variant Omicron has reached at least 13 countries. List here

South Africa - Early samples of PCR tests showed that 90% of 1,100 new cases reported midweek in the South African province that includes Johannesburg were caused by the new variant

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Amid concerns over new Covid-19 variant Omicron, DDMA to meet today

Omicron', news agency ANI reported.

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Common travel area exempt from UK travel measures

Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney has welcomed confirmation that new travel measures taken by the UK against the Omicron variant will not apply to the common travel area.

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Karnataka issues fresh curbs amid concern over new Covid variant. Details here

Karnataka government has mandated travellers arriving in the state from South Africa, Botswana, and Hong Kong to undergo RT-PCR Covid-19 test upon arrival.

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Amid Omicron concerns, these states issue new COVID-19 rules. All you need to know

Omicron, three Indian states - Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat - issued fresh coronavirus guidelines as precautionary measures. Earlier this week, the Centre instructed the state governments to ensure ‘rigorous screening and testing’ of all international travellers landing in India from ‘at risk’ countries.

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Two cases of new Covid-19 variant detected in UK

Two cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant which was first detected in southern Africa have been found in the UK, according to British health secretary Sajid Javid.

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US, Canada restrict travel from southern Africa as new variant sparks concern

The United States, Brazil, Canada, and Saudi Arabia became the latest countries to restrict travel from southern Africa, where a new Covid strain labelled a "variant of concern" has been discovered.

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COVID-19: Not sure whether vaccine will work against ‘Variant of Concern’ Omicron, says Pfizer

Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine: Noting that they are not sure whether their vaccines would work against new COVID-19 variant 'Omicron, Pfizer and BioNTech promised to develop a new vaccine against the strain within 100 days.

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Canada bans travel from 7 South African nations amid new Covid variant concern

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Canada enacts travel restrictions for southern Africa in light of new COVID-19 variant

The federal government is implementing a travel ban on several south African countries after a new COVID-19 variant was discovered there.

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U.S. & U.K. Announce Travel Ban Due to New COVID Variant Omicron

The United States, the European Union and the UK are putting travel restrictions in place for visitors from southern Africa upon the discovery of a new COVID variant, being called Omicron, via BBC.

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Centre releases list of ‘at-risk’ countries after new Covid variant found. Details here

additional measures on arrival in India.

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Sajid Javid warns new Covid variant could pose 'substantial risk to public health'

Health Secretary Sajid Javid has warned that a new variant of Covid could pose a "substantial risk to public health", as he told MPs the government would be introducing new travel restrictions on effected countries.

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Nicola Sturgeon tells Scots 'don't press the panic button' as concerns grow over covid variant

Nicola Sturgeon has said Scots should not be "pressing the panic button" over growing concerns about a new variant of covid discovered in southern Africa.

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What is this new COVID variant in South Africa? Read here

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New Covid variant: What is it and how worried should we be about 'worst ever' super mutant?

coronavirus variant which scientists have described as "deeply concerning"The B.1.1.529 variant, which could eventually be called Nu variant, was first identified on Tuesday, November 23, with a total of 59 samples being uploaded to a Covid-19 variant tracking website.

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UK adds six southern African countries to ‘red list’ due to new Covid variant

new coronavirus variant B.1.1.529 -- red-flagged by health experts as highly transmissible and effective at evading the body’s immune response -- was first detected in South Africa earlier this week.

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'Worst ever' super mutant Covid variant: Hunt for passengers who just arrived in UK

Coronavirus with them, has begun.Alarm bells started ringing last night, when Health Minister Sajid Javid confirmed that six African countries were being added to the Red travel list, due to the dangerousness of the new variant – known as the “nu” variant.Anyone coming from South Africa and its surrounding countries Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana, Eswatini and Zimbabwe will be forced to quarantine for 10 days upon arrival.There are worries that the new variant is more transmissible and that the current vaccines are less effective in fighting it.The long-term worry is that, should this variant spread out of control, then the country will be plunged back into the depths of a UK-wide lockdown just before Christmas.Mr Sajid said: “Our scientists

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No case of South Africa covid variant in India so far: Report

New COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529

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South Africa criticizes Britain’s ‘rushed’ travel ban over new COVID-19 variant

COVID-19 variant “seems to have been rushed”, as even the World Health Organization is yet to advise on the next steps.Scientists have so far only detected the B.1.1.529 variant in relatively small numbers in South Africa, Botswana and Hong Kong, but they are concerned by its high number of mutations which could help it evade the body’s immune response and make it more transmissible.Britain on Thursday temporarily banned flights from South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Lesotho and Eswatini from Friday after its detection was announced.

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How worried should we be about the new Covid variant?

Six countries have been added to the UK's red list after scientists there said they are worried about a new variant of coronavirus.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0