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4 questions scientists are racing to answer about the new Omicron coronavirus variant
Scientists are racing to learn more about the Omicron variant, which has more than 30 mutations on …
Erin Schumaker
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Jen Psaki says South Africa turned down the US's offer of additional COVID-19 vaccine doses
About a quarter of people in South Africa are fully vaccinated as the new coronavirus variant, Omic…
Eliza Relman
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India rises to rank 39th on WEF's Travel & Tourism Development Index 2024, becomes highest ranked South Asian nation
India's rank on the World Economic Forum's Travel & Tourism Development Index 2024 has risen to 39t…
PTI
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'A black Black Friday': Here's what analysts are saying as global stocks plunge on fears about new COVID variant
US stocks slid when markets opened Friday after a new, highly mutated COVID variant was identified …
Harry Robertson
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South Africa resumes passenger flights after 1.5 years amid COVID-19 pandemic
The airline said its flights to five African capital cities such as Accra, Kinshasa, Harare, L…
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Covid cases in South Africa have dropped by 40% in a week
The seven day rolling average for new infections plummeted by 35 per cent from an all-time high …
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Omicron surge is causing far less hospitalization than Delta did, South Africa minister says: 1.7% instead of 19%
Only about 1.7% of COVID-19 cases are being hospitalized, a fraction of the figure seen during the …
Marianne Guenot
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Fauci says US Omicron wave could peak by the end of January, as it 'turned around very quickly' in South Africa
Omicron has become the most common coronavirus variant in the US. Fauci said it could accelerate th…
Huileng Tan
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Chart shows how quickly the new coronavirus variant spread in part of South Africa, totally supplanting Delta
Early data shared by South African health officials showed B.1.1.529 rapidly taking hold in one pro…
Mia Jankowicz
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A private jet charter firm says it's seen more than 600 searches for flights out of South Africa since Omicron was identified
Private aviation has been the go-to for wealthy travelers looking to get out of COVID-19 hotspots a…
Thomas Pallini
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South Africa 'technically' enters third wave of COVID-19 pandemic, says National Institute for Communicable Diseases
South Africa has "technically" entered the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic, the country's Na…
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New mutant strain of COVID-19 has entered India via six UK returnees
India has detected its first six cases of the new COVID-19 strain in people who have returned to th…
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61 COVID-19 cases were detected on flights from South Africa to the Netherlands amid concern of new Omicron variant
"I am surrounded by MORONS who don't even have their masks on. When we're marooned because of a pos…
Katie Balevic
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2 doses of Pfizer's vaccine cut the risk of hospitalization by 70% during Omicron surge in South Africa, real-world study finds
The study didn't confirm all cases were Omicron, although the variant caused 70% of infections in t…
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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India detects 14 new cases of mutated COVID-19 strain in UK returnees, putting the tally at 20
Twenty people with the new strain of COVID-19 have been detected in India, with 14 cases emerging i…
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Cases of COVID-19 surging in South Africa
Africa's 54 countries have reported 577,904 cases, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Preve…
PTI
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COVID strain and its impact on mental health: How ad agencies are helping employees cope with anxiety and burnout
A lot of agencies have upgraded their policies to help their employees
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India's Omicron COVID-19 strain tally rises to 21 with 17 more testing positive for the new variant
Most of those who tested positive either recently arrived from African countries or were in cont…
PTI
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Millions of Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses made at a Baltimore plant are reportedly being held across Europe, Africa, and Canada as a precaution
Millions of doses are on hold worldwide because they were manufactured during the time of the conta…
Anna Cooban
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The pace of coronavirus vaccinations now may determine whether or not we'll need a perpetual cycle of new shots to combat variants
If the virus continues to mutate frequently, new strains may force scientists to constantly update …