China says it has given "conditional" approval for Pfizer s COVID-19 drug Paxlovid to treat adults with mild to moderate illness and a high risk of developing severe disease.
(Bloomberg) Omicron cases are spreading in China in the countdown to the Winter Olympics in Beijing, with a leading ski jumper pulling out after she tested positive. Sweden will lift coronavirus restrictions starting next week, citing a high vaccination rate and a manageable situation in its hospitals, while France’s health minister said the country is past the worst of the latest wave. A sub-variant of omicron, known as BA.2, is spreading rapidly in South Africa and may cause another surge of infections, one of the country’s top scientists said. BA.2 appears to be more transmissible, though it doesn’t seem to cause more severe disease. New Zealand is set to relax its long-standing pandemic border restrictions starting at the end of February. Key Developments: Virus Tracker: Cases top 384 million; deaths pass 5.70 million Vaccine Tracker: More than 10.1 billion shots administered Omicron subvariant spreads even faster: Raphael and Fazeli New Virus Research Will Speed NIH’s Ne
BRUSSELS, Jan 27 The European Union’s drug regulator today conditionally approved the use of Pfizer Inc’s antiviral Covid-19 pill for treating adults at risk of severe illness, as the region scrambles to boost its arsenal to fight the Omicron variant. The endorsement by the European.