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How much of the Omicron variant is there in Australia, and is it the dominant strain?

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Views: 5 The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is now the dominant strain in England, South Africa, and probably in the US, according to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control. © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAPSo do we know how many of Australia’s latest cases are due to Omicron, and if it’s the dominant strain in […]

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‘Nothing’s been good enough’: Biden addresses US Covid testing shortage before holidays

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Views: 2 Pressed about US testing shortages amid the omicron surge, Biden conceded in an interview that “nothing’s been good enough”. In an interview with ABC’s David Muir on Wednesday, the president signaled that the country was in a better shape now than last Christmas but said he wished he had ordered free at-home tests

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Osinbajo says with COVID-19, climate change, Nigeria at crossroads

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Views: 1 Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said the world and Nigeria are presently at crossroads. He said this on Tuesday at the launch of the International Centre for Yoruba Arts and Culture at the University of Ibadan. Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (C) is seen during his meeting with US Secretary of State Antony

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Queen to stay in Windsor for first Christmas since death of her beloved Philip

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Views: 1 The Queen has decided to celebrate her first Christmas since the death of her husband the Duke of Edinburgh at Windsor as a “precautionary” measure amid rising coronavirus cases. Rather than travel to Sandringham as usual, the Queen will remain at Windsor where she spent last Christmas with her husband Philip – who

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Steps taken to target Omicron with AstraZeneca jab, scientist says

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Views: 2 Oxford and AstraZeneca have taken “preliminary steps” to produce an updated version of their coronavirus vaccine to specifically target the Omicron variant, a scientist at the university has said. © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Sandy Douglas, a research group leader at Oxford, told the Financial Times that an updated vaccine could be

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Omicron likely to be less severe, studies suggest, as Covid cases top 100,000

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Views: 1 A-health-worker-during-a-vaccination-exercise-in-kigali-dan-nsengiyumva People who catch the Omicron variant of Covid may be less likely to end up in hospital, studies have suggested, amid rising case rates and new restrictions across the UK nations. Two new studies have suggested catching Omicron is less likely to result in severe symptoms and hospital admission than earlier

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

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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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Tigrayan fighters announce they are withdrawing from rest of Ethiopia

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Views: 3 The leaders of the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) announced on Monday that its forces would be withdrawing from a number of areas in Ethiopia and returning to Tigray. © Provided by DW TPLF leader Debretsion Gebremichael said the withdrawal will be a “decisive opening for peace” “We trust that our bold act of

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Get booster jab without delay, urge Health authorities

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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

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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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