Live updates: Omicron variant and coronavirus news
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Do not “extrapolate” South Africa’s experience of Omicron across the world, warns Africa CDC
Healthcare worker collects swab samples for Covid-19 test of passengers arriving on outstation trains at Bandra Terminus, on December 16,…
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Japan records first locally transmitted Omicron cases
Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW) reported record new Covid-19 cases for the third straight day on Thursday, with…
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UK reports more than 100,000 daily Covid-19 cases for the first time since pandemic began
Royce Hall on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as UCLA lecturers and students celebrate after…
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FDA authorizes first oral antiviral for treatment for Covid-19
New York City is adding additional testing capacity to grapple with the demand, and hospitals are tightening restrictions on visitation…
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France to start vaccinating children aged 5-11 against Covid-19
A healthcare worker attends to a Covid-19 patient at an intensive care unit (ICU) at Pyeongtaek Bagae Hospital in Pyeongtaek,…
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Germany’s Health Minister does not rule out a hard lockdown
India’s central government warned the country’s states on Wednesday of “initial signs of a surge in cases of Covid-19” and…
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Israel will now offer a fourth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine to vulnerable groups
A paramedic prepares to administer the third shot of the a Covid-19 vaccine on August 24, in Holon, Israel. (Ahmad…
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Daily US Covid-19 case numbers with Omicron “could exceed previous peaks,” CDC warns
New York, like many other parts of the country, is seeing “a serious increased demand for testing,” said Dr. Neal Shipley,…
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UK PM says there’s not “enough evidence” to justify tougher Covid-19 measures before Christmas
(from CBS) Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that while we are…
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A large crowd of people is seen wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of coronavirus as…
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