Japan to speed up booster shots amid fear of omicron spread
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday his government is accelerating Covid-19 booster shots and securing oral medicines ...
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S.Africa: Vaccines, prior infection contributing to mildness of Covid infections
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's health minister said on Friday that the government believed that vaccines and high levels of prior ...
France to ban non-essential UK travel over Omicron surge
PARIS — France will ban non-essential travel to and from Britain from the weekend to slow the spread of the ...
EU official: Omicron to be dominant variant by mid-January
BRUSSELS — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday that omicron is expected to be the dominant coronavirus ...
First death with Omicron variant in United Kingdom
LONDON - At least one person has died in the United Kingdom after contracting the Omicron coronavirus variant, Prime Minister ...
Long queues form as UK starts booster blitz against omicron
LONDON — Long lines formed at vaccination centers in Britain on Monday as people heeded the government’s call for all ...
South African doctors see signs omicron is milder than delta
JOHANNESBURG — As the omicron variant sweeps through South Africa, Dr. Unben Pillay is seeing dozens of sick patients a ...
Jordan detects its first two cases of omicron variant
AMMAN — The Jordanian health ministry announced on Thursday evening it had identified its first two cases of the omicron ...
Omicron reported in 57 countries, hospitalisations set to rise, WHO says
GENEVA - The Omicron variant has been reported in 57 nations and the number of patients needing hospitalisation is likely ...
Seoul reports first Omicron cases
SEOUL - Three foreign students attending universities in Seoul have been confirmed to be infected with Omicron, officials said Tuesday, ...
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