COVID-19 Updates
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Coronavirus: WHO urges caution at ‘mild’ label as Omicron shuts borders across globe
The World Health Organization has urged caution after two South African health experts, including the doctor who first sounded the alarm about the Omicron variant, indicated that symptoms linked to…
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Israel seals borders and Morocco bans flights as Omicron Covid fears rise
Red-listing of 50 African countries and use of phone monitoring technology among measures approved by Israel Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Israel is barring entry to…
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Covid tracers in Omicron case seek contacts from more than week ago
Essex council’s focus on visitors to KFC branch on 19 November raises questions over how long variant has been in country Officials investigating one of the first cases in the…
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Nicola Jennings on Covid vaccine hoarding and the Omicron variant – cartoon
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Lambda, Mu … Omicron? Why the WHO skipped ‘Nu’ and ‘Xi’ to name latest coronavirus variant
Going by the Greek alphabet, the next names should have been “Nu” and “Xi” but the WHO skipped them and went on to call the latest coronavirus variant “Omicron”.But why?…
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Covid boosters may be expanded as soon as Monday to tackle Omincron spread
Change to criteria could happen as soon as Monday as No 10 tries to combat variant’s spread Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Covid booster vaccination…
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Omicron variant: Malawi president blasts ‘Afrophobic’ Covid travel bans
Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera on Sunday accused Western countries of “Afrophobia” for shutting their borders to his and other neighbouring nations after South Africa flagged a new coronavirus variant last…
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Third case of Omicron Covid variant detected in UK
Sajid Javid, the health secretary, says country ‘nowhere near’ imposing social distancing rules despite concerns Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage A third case of the Omicron…
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Omicron coronavirus variant has more than double the mutations of Delta, Italian lab image shows
Italian researchers have published the first image of the Covid-19 Omicron variant, confirming expectations that the new strain was a highly mutated version of the original coronavirus.However, while its identification…
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How bad will the Omicron Covid variant be in Britain? Three things will tell us | Devi Sridhar
A new variant identified in southern Africa is causing global panic – but its real impact will be shown by the data scientists are racing to establish Prof Devi Sridhar…