Several countries have reported cases of the South African COVID-19 variant Omicron. To prevent its widespread, manufacturers have been speeding up operations to release new COVID-19 vaccines to fight against the said variant.
Pfizer and Moderna are both willing to update their vaccines to work as a 'booster' shot to increase protection for the extremely infectious variant of the COVID-19.
WASHINGTON, Nov 27 ― The discovery of a new coronavirus variant named Omicron triggered global alarm yesterday as countries rushed to suspend travel from southern Africa and stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic suffered their biggest falls in more than a year. The World Health Organisation.
SINGAPORE, Nov 27 Travellers who have recently travelled to seven African countries, including South Africa and Botswana, will face new restrictions in light of a new, potentially more contagious coronavirus variant circulating in those countries. The Ministry of Health (MoH) said in.
STOCKHOLM, Nov 27 ― The new Covid variant, dubbed Omicron and originally detected in South Africa, poses a “high to very high” risk to Europe, the EU health agency warned yesterday. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) noted in a threat assessment report that there.