Omicron: Biden tightens travel rules amid new Omicron cases
President Joe Biden has unveiled stricter Covid-19 travel rules as the US confirmed a handful of cases of the Omicron variant from coast to coast....
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Covid: South Africa new cases double in 24 hours as Omicron spreads
Health officials say the new coronavirus variant Omicron has now become dominant in South Africa and is driving a sharp increase in new infections. Some...
Covid: Trigger of rare blood clots with AstraZeneca jab found by scientists
Scientists believe they have found “the trigger” that leads to extremely rare blood clots after the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine. The team – in Cardiff and...
New Covid variant: Will new measures against Omicron work?
In the past week a heavily mutated Covid variant has been identified, rapidly labelled a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organization and named Omicron. It...
Covid: South Africa’s president calls for lifting of Omicron travel bans
South Africa’s president has condemned travel bans enacted against his country and its neighbours over the new coronavirus variant Omicron. Cyril Ramaphosa said he was...
Coronavirus: Countries shut borders over new variant in southern Africa
More countries are tightening their travel restrictions after the discovery of a new coronavirus variant in South Africa earlier this week. The UK, Singapore and...
Covid: New heavily mutated variant B.1.1.529 in South Africa raises concern
We’re back in familiar territory – growing concern about a new variant of coronavirus. The latest is the most heavily mutated version discovered so far...
Covid: Europe region faces 700,000 more deaths by March – WHO
A further 700,000 people could die of Covid by March in Europe and parts of Asia, the World Health Organization has warned. The death toll...
Austria to go into full lockdown as Covid surges
Days after Austria imposed a lockdown on the unvaccinated, it has announced a full national Covid-19 lockdown starting on Monday. Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg said it...
Why China is still trying to achieve zero Covid
Around the world people are getting used to post-lockdown life with vaccines doing the heavy lifting against Covid-19 as restrictions are eased. In China however,...
