Three new Covid Omicron subvariants detected in Australia
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Three new Omicron subvariants have reached Australia and health authorities say people who contract the virus should wait three months before getting their next Covid-19 vaccination. Assoc Prof Stuart Turville from th...
Record 28 countries rated ‘very bad’ in press freedom index
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A record 28 countries are rated “very bad” places for journalism in the World Press Freedom Index, which warns that autocratic regimes are increasingly willing to crack down on independent media outlets. Billions of p...
Omicron variant does cause different symptoms from Delta, study finds
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People who have the Omicron Covid variant tend to have symptoms for a shorter period, a lower risk of being admitted to hospital and a different set of symptoms from those who have Delta, research has suggested. As th...
Covid lockdown extended for parts of Shanghai as city struggles to control Omicron
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Residents of eastern Shanghai who were hoping to emerge from a four-day Covid lockdown on Friday have been ordered to stay in their homes, with some facing another 10 days of isolation. The new rules for Pudong, the h...
Why is the UK seeing near-record Covid cases? We still believe the three big myths about Omicron
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We’re living in two realities: one in which people have returned to living life as if Covid is over, and the other in which we are approaching record levels of infections, with an estimated 4.26m cases last week. Most...
US likely to see Covid cases rise from Omicron subvariant, Fauci says
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The US is likely to see an increase in Covid cases like that in Europe and the UK thanks to the BA.2 virus subvariant but not a dangerous surge, Anthony Fauci said on Sunday. Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser also sai...
New Covid case numbers across Australia rise by 37% in a week as Omicron subvariant takes hold
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The number of new Covid infections across Australia has risen by 37% in a week, linked to the more transmissible BA.2 subvariant of Omicron. Australia has recorded 295,146 new Covid-19 cases in the past week, surging ...
One-third of all US child Covid deaths occurred during Omicron surge
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As many as a third of all child deaths from Covid in the US have occurred during the Omicron surge of the pandemic. Children seem to be facing increasing risks from Covid-19 even as mask mandates drop across the count...