COVID-19 Updates
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China equipped to stop Omicron if it arrives, Beijing official says
The Chinese authorities are ready to rapidly identify the new coronavirus variant Omicron if it reaches Beijing, a health official said on Monday.“We have established the testing capacity for mutant…
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Omicron wasn’t part of our festive plan, but here’s how we can stay safe this Christmas | Susan Michie
From ventilation to lateral flow testing, let’s try to minimise the risk of catching Covid For months in the UK we have had 30,000-50,000 new Covid cases of the Delta…
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Omicron variant: Hong Kong set to require two-thirds of diners in all restaurants to have had coronavirus jab
Hong Kong authorities will require two-thirds of diners in a restaurant to be inoculated against Covid-19 from January at the earliest in a bid to boost vaccinations amid concerns over…
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Omicron variant likely born of HIV patient, says South African scientist who discovered it
The Omicron variant, now present in at least 23 countries around the world, was probably incubated in the body of a person with an immune system battered by HIV or…
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‘Living with Covid-19’ not an option for China, government adviser says
China cannot “live with Covid-19”, because it would cause large numbers of severe illnesses and deaths as well as a major “political problem”, according to a senior adviser to the…
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Italy targets Covid-19 vaccine holdouts with tougher rules
Italy, which has one of Europe’s highest vaccination rates, is further cracking down on the small minority that has so far refused the shot.As of Monday, a green pass –…
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Covid jingoism will not protect the west from the threat of Omicron | Nesrine Malik
It has been proved time and again that there’s more to tackling the pandemic than shutting out the rest of the world A friend’s grandmother once told me a story…
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Australia Covid live news update: Qld border to reopen 13 December, Palaszczuk says; SA premier advised to close border with NSW over Omicron
Annastacia Palaszczuk brings forward Qld border reopening; Steven Marshall ‘very concerned’ by Omicron as SA records four Covid cases; Victoria records 1,073 new cases and six deaths, NSW records 208…
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Covid news live: Omicron found in one-third of US states but early reports on severity are ‘encouraging’, Fauci says
Variant detected in 16 US states so far; the threat appears to be less severe than Delta with signals so far ‘a bit encouraging’, Dr Anthony Fauci says Anti-lockdown protests…
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Coronavirus: Singapore says rapid antigen tests effective in detecting Omicron; new variant cases rise in Australia
Rapid antigen tests are effective in detecting Omicron infections and so will remain part of Singapore’s arsenal for dealing with the new variant and pandemic, the city state’s health ministry…