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the health ministry says a second booster shot will benefit people with weakened immune systems who are more vulnerable to the 0micron variant. on thursday, the country reported the highest number of cases since september. to south africa now, the first country to identify cases of the 0micron variant of coronavirus last month. well, authorities there say all indicators suggest it has passed the peak of the fourth wave of infections. the government is lifting, with immediate effect, the curfew it imposed to combat the new variant. it s also easing other restrictions. the authorities said there had been an almost 30% drop in the number of new cases during the week ending on the 25th of december. i asked professor saad 0mer, director of the yale institute for global health, how reliable the south african data is. we know that the data is high quality and reliable and they have been interpreted by very seasoned south african scientists, so i think this decline is real.
the spreading virus, especially in poorer countries. in delhi now, you re never far from heartbreak. almost everyone in the city has been visited by grief. despite high vaccination rates, europe bake the epicenter of the pandemic once again this winter, the fourth wave of covid-19 is now sweeping across the continent. lockdowns reinstated in some countries. across europe, protests against mandates and health passes that drew tens of thousands of people. in november, south african scientists discovered the new omicron variant. it s since spread across the globe. number one, u.s. planes left afghanistan. it took the city of 6 million people in the matter of hours, barely firing a shot.
unreasonable seizure. chauvin was already found guilty of murdering floyd in a state trial and sentenced to more than 22 years in prison. usa gymnastics and the u.s. olympic committee have reached a $380 million settlement with hundreds of victims of former team doctor larry nassar. their complaints were mishandled and the lead attorney is calling for further criminal prosecution. nassar is serving multiple years for sex abuse as well as child pornography . the boy scouts announced an dls 800 million settlement. it is part of a much bigger $2.7 billion trust. the boy scouts filed for bankruptcy last year in the wake of hundreds of sexual abuse lawsuits right across the country. now, south african scientists have released a new
wave looks nothing like previous ones. six months ago, ward was overflowing with patients. now it s completely different. it s half empty, despite soaring infections across the country. this was the same hospital during the delta-fueled third wave, overwhelmed, desperately short of oxygen, and running up on the of i.c.u. beds. but this time around, says covid doctor fareed abdullah, patients so far have had mild symptoms with very few requiring oxygen. we ve never seen that before. normally in a covid ward, you would have 80-90 i would even go as far as saying 95% of patients would be on some form of supplemental oxygenation. reporter: south african scientists have released the first results of omicron s potency, finding it significantly reduces vaccine protection, but completely. alex sigal believes will antibodies from vaccines or previous infections will stop