Covid 19 Omicron Variant

• China battles multiple COVID-19 outbreaks, driven by ‘stealth omicron’ variant

  China banned most people from leaving a coronavirus-hit region as the fast-spreading “stealth omicron” variant fuels the country’s biggest outbreak since the pandemic started.

  Health

  Mar 14, 2022
  
• COVID-19 outbreaks in police and transit services fuelled by Omicron variant

  Surging cases of COVID-19 driven by the Omicron variant are pushing the health-care system to the brink and putting pressure on some police and transit services.

  Canada

  Jan 6, 2022
  
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• Omicron variant complicates what a COVID-19 endemic will look like

  Pandemics do eventually end, even if Omicron is complicating the question of when this one will. The world will have to learn to coexist with a virus that’s not going away.

  Health

  Jan 3, 2022
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• Provinces reduce isolation period for COVID-19 as Omicron surges

  British Columbia, Alberta and New Brunswick became the latest provinces to reduce the number of days people with two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine must isolate to five.

  Health

  Dec 31, 2021
• Eastern Europe preparing for COVID-19 Omicron surge amid low vaccination rates

  Many countries in Eastern Europe only recently emerged from infection waves that at times have tallied some of the highest pandemic death rates globally.

  World

  Dec 30, 2021
• Push for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots increases as Omicron variant spreads

  The push for Canadians to get their vaccine booster shots is ramping up as the COVID-19 Omicron variant spreads across the country, triggering pandemic restrictions in provinces.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2021
• Canada reaches 30K COVID deaths as country braces for Omicron impact

  Ontario reported nine more COVID-19 deaths Thursday morning, pushing Canada's total just over 30,000 as Ottawa and some provinces tightened public health measures.

  Canada

  Dec 16, 2021
• Omicron COVID-19 variant showing milder symptoms than Delta, say South African doctors

  Doctors in Southern Africa say the data is promising regarding the symptoms of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, but caution that it will take many more weeks to be sure.

  World

  Dec 11, 2021
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• Don’t wait for potential Omicron booster — Delta still dominant, top doctors say

  NACI 'strongly' recommends adults aged 50 years and up get a COVID-19 booster shot -- and Canada's top doctors say despite the unknowns about Omicron, boosters do help fight Delta.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2021
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• Omicron spreads to 4 more U.S. states, including 5 cases in New York City

  Five U.S. states total have found cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant -- Hawaii, New York, California, Colorado and Minnesota.

  World

  Dec 2, 2021