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With the Delta variant still spreading — and travel expected to increase this month — vaccinations are key to safely enjoying end-of-the-year festivities.”Just as I said and I’ll say it again, if you have a vaccinated situation, enjoy the holidays with your family in a family setting,” National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director […]
South Korea identified 5,266 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, a record high for a second consecutive day, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said in a news release Thursday. That breaks the previous record of 5,123 new cases, recorded on Tuesday. Last month, South Korea announced it would start “living with Covid-19” and began easing restrictions. But its reopening . . .
Michigan is currently one of several Midwest states that are seeing the highest rates of infection in the US, including Minnesota and Wisconsin, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. One Western New York county declared a state of emergency Tuesday, requiring face masks in all county-operated facilities. The catalyst for the decision in Monroe […]
Since the start of the pandemic, different countries and territories have taken vastly different approaches toward preventing the spread of the coronavirus, with countries like Australia and China implementing some of the tightest border restrictions. China has banned most foreign visitors, from tourists to students, from entering mainland China. Those few who are allowed to […]
But the Delta variant is already fueling another increase in Covid-19 hospitalizations in some states as the weather gets colder and more people spend more time indoors. Despite several unknowns about the Omicron strain, doctors say booster shots are the best weapon against Omicron, Delta and even more variants down the road. Here’s why: Boosters […]
In Melbourne, Deakin University’s chair of epidemiology, Catherine Bennett, said a significant new variant did not necessarily mean a worse variant, despite the world’s experience with the delta strain. “If we had something more infectious, something capable of outrunning delta, that had a better profile when it came to virulence or disease causation, then that […]
WATERLOO, Iowa (KWWL) — The Black Hawk County Health Department says it is currently monitoring the Omicron variant situation. There are no known cases of the Omicron variant in the U.S. or Iowa at this point. Josh Pikora, Disease Surveillance and Investigation Manager, says there are so many unknowns at this point. He says local […]
“Any time we’ve seen a new variant, it’s already spread around the world. So the fact that Omicron is in multiple countries in Europe, in the US, is not necessarily an ominous sign. And I think that’s a key point to keep in mind,” Dr. Peter Hotez, dean of the School of Tropical Medicine at […]
“I would hope that within the next week or two weeks, so many of those people will take advantage of the vaccine,” Dr. William Schaffner, a professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota on Friday. “That will help us in the immediate term. And I would anticipate that, as bad as Omicron […]
A resident from the Alexandra township gets tested for the coronavirus in 2020. A new coronavirus variant has been detected in South Africa that scientists say is a concern because of its high number of mutations and rapid spread among young people in the heavily populated province of Gauteng. Jerome Delay/AP hide caption toggle caption […]