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Biden Says He’s Considering Lifting U.S. Omicron Travel Ban

Views: 0 (Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden said he’s considering lifting travel restrictions on people arriving from southern African countries where the omicron variant of coronavirus was first identified, after it became the dominant strain in the U.S. “I’m considering reversing, I’m going to talk with my team in the next couple days,” Biden told […]

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Uganda, DR Congo Speakers Root for Regional, Economic Cooperation

Views: 1 The Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Oulanyah and the President of the Senate of the DR Congo, H.E. Modeste Bahati Lukwebo have agreed to foster bilateral relations that better the lives of their people. In their meeting on Tuesday, 21 December 2021 at Parliament House, Oulanyah and Lukwebo rooted for regional federation to ease

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Donald Trump gets booed by some of his fans after saying he got a COVID booster

Views: 2   WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump’s admission that he received a COVID-19 booster shot did not inoculate him from criticism by some fervent supporters. © Jacquelyn Martin, AP President Donald Trump arrives at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, in Bethesda, Md., on Oct. 2, 2020, on Marine One helicopter after he tested positive for

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Europe’s COVID Cases Running 40 Percent Higher Than at Same Time Last Year, WHO Says

Views: 1 The World Health Organization says that Europe is experiencing a much larger COVID-19 surge than it did at the same time last year. WHO Europe regional director Dr. Hans Kluge is urging European countries to prepare for a major holiday surge of COVID-19, especially as the Omicron variant continues to spread. Since the

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S.Africa’s Ramaphosa back at work after COVID-19 self-isolation

Views: 2 JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has returned to work after finishing a week of self-isolation due to testing positive for COVID-19, his office said on Monday.   © Reuters/POOL FILE PHOTO: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses a press conference after the G20 Compact with Africa conference at the Chancellery in BerlinRamaphosa,

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Get booster jab without delay, urge Health authorities

Views: 6 Health authorities are urging Sri Lankans to get their COVID-19 booster jab as soon as possible to ensure that they have very high protection against COVID in order to prevent another wave. © ASSOCIATED PRESS A Sri Lankan army soldier receives his third jab of anti coronavirus vaccine in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Nov.

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South Africa scientists probe source of new variants

Views: 2 South African scientists – hailed for their discovery of Omicron – are investigating the “highly plausible hypothesis” that the emergence globally of dangerous new Covid-19 variants could be linked, in some cases, to extensive mutations taking place inside infected people whose immune systems have already been weakened by other factors, including, though not

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Moderna says Covid booster appears to protect against omicron

Views: 1   Moderna said that its currently authorized booster can “boost neutralizing antibody levels 37-fold higher than pre-boost levels,” which it described as reassuring. However, it also said that a double doze of the booster shot — 100 micrograms, rather than the approved 50 micrograms — was significantly more effective. © Provided by CNBC The

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As Omicron spreads in India, experts say next two weeks are crucial

Views: 1 Kathmandu, Dec. 21 — As cases of the Omicron infection of Covid-19 have been reported in many states of India, public health experts in Nepal say the next two weeks will be crucial for determining how the new variant impacts Nepal. They say the rise in new cases of the Omicron variant in

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