by owner | Jul 7, 2022 | Canada
‘Omicron has been a tsunami,’ with an average of 100,000 infections per day from December to May, says the COVID-19 Immunity Task ForceHalf of the Canadian population — more than 17 million people — were infected with Omicron in only five months starting...
by owner | Jul 5, 2022 | Philippines
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines has detected 70 additional cases of fast-spreading Omicron BA.5, BA.2.12.1, and BA.4 subvariants, the Department of Health said. Of the total, 43 were BA.5 cases, 20 were BA.2.12.1 cases, and four were BA.4 cases. Sixty-five of...
by owner | Jun 28, 2022 | Medicine
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people wear masks indoors and in public spaces if the COVID-19 community levels are high as two new omicron variants gain momentum and are on the path to becoming the dominant strains. Driving the news:...
by owner | Jun 23, 2022 | Testing, U.S.
Scientists have found that the newly dominant Omicron subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5, are evading vaccine and infection-acquired immunity. The subvariants recently caused a fresh wave of infections in South Africa and are pushing the U.K. to the brink of another wave of...
by owner | Jun 15, 2022 | Testing, U.K.
Covid sufferers who caught the Omicron variant will not be protected from catching it again, according to scientists at Imperial College London. The investigators say Omicron and its evolutions could explain why Covid cases remain higher than predicted in the UK....
