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 died in […]
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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 used to
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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 Covid strains
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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 COVID-19. White
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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 withdrawal will
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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. 1, 2021.
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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 limited to,
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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 Moderna Covid-19
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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 India is
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Four days before Christmas, as coronavirus cases spike and testing lines snake around city blocks, President Biden on Tuesday will again attempt to persuade Americans to take protections to fend off the fast-spreading omicron variant. But at a moment of great urgency — both for the nation’s health and the president’s standing — he has
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