Health and Wellness : ‘We’re in a Petri Dish’: How a Coronavirus Ravaged a Cruise Ship into Worldwide Pandemic

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EXPLAINER-What we know about the new COVID-19 variant detected in South Africa​

EXPLAINER-What we know about the new COVID-19 variant detected in South Africa

Authorities around the world have reacted with alarm https://reut.rs/3DYILH1 to a new coronavirus variant detected in South Africa. Britain, the European Union and India are among those announcing stricter border controls as scientists carry out tests to determine if the mutation is more...

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U.S. President Biden calls for intellectual property protection waivers after Omicron discovery​

U.S. President Biden calls for intellectual property protection waivers after Omicron discovery

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday called on nations expected to meet at the World Trade Organization next week to agree to waive intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines in the wake of the identification of a new coronavirus variant in South Africa. "The...

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World races to contain new Covid threat, the omicron variant​

World races to contain new Covid threat, the omicron variant

A World Health Organization panel named the variant “omicron” and classified it as a highly transmissible virus of concern, the same category of the delta variant.

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Explainer-How worried should we be about the Omicron variant?​

Explainer-How worried should we be about the Omicron variant?

The new Omicron coronavirus variant - identified first in South Africa, but also detected in Europe and Asia - is raising concern worldwide given the number of mutations, which might help it spread or even evade antibodies from prior infection or vaccination. The World Health Organization on...

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Bans are necessary, it's still a global pandemic

S.Africa says it is being punished for early COVID variant detection​

S.Africa says it is being punished for early COVID variant detection

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa said on Saturday it was being punished for its advanced ability to detect new COVID-19 variants early, as travel bans and restrictions imposed because of the new Omicron variant threaten to harm tourism and other sectors of the economy. South Africa has some...

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"This latest round of travel bans is akin to punishing South Africa for its advanced genomic sequencing and the ability to detect new variants quicker," the Ministry of International Relations and Cooperation said.

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