Covid Variant

• 1st COVID-19 variant-adapted vaccine approved in United Kingdom

  Apart from Moderna, partners Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech have also been testing versions of their mRNA vaccine modified to combat Omicron variants.

  World

  Aug 15
  
• New COVID-19 Omicron mutation sparks concern in India and beyond

  The new Omicron mutation has also been detected in about 10 other countries, including Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom and Canada.

  World

  Jul 11
  
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• COVID-19: How bivalent vaccines could help protect against new variants

  Predictions of a fall COVID-19 wave make another booster vaccine campaign likely but questions abound over how the virus will evolve and what protections a new shot could offer.

  Health

  Jul 7
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• COVID-19 cases continue to soar across Canada fuelled by Omicron variant

  As COVID-19 infections rise across the country ahead of the Christmas holiday, a slew of restrictions are being reintroduced next week by provincial governments.

  Canada

  Dec 18, 2021
• Canada’s daily COVID cases 45% higher than a week ago as Omicron surges

  As Omicron continues to spread, Canada has averaged at least 5,000 new COVID-19 cases daily over the last week -- a 45 per cent increase from the week before, Dr. Theresa Tam said.

  Canada

  Dec 17, 2021
• Travel outside Canada could get complicated amid Omicron spread: experts

  For Canadians that have already booked trips abroad, 'things can change rapidly in the international context,' Canada's chief doctor Theresa Tam warned Friday. 

  Canada

  Dec 10, 2021
• Omicron COVID-19 variant a wake-up call for vaccine makers, experts warn

  Several research groups have started work on more broadly protective COVID-19 vaccines, such as those that target parts of the virus too essential for its survival to change.

  Health

  Dec 8, 2021
• Fauci says Omicron variant doesn’t look severe, but ‘got to be careful’

  U.S. health officials said Sunday that early indications suggest the omicron variant of the coronavirus may be less dangerous than delta.

  World

  Dec 5, 2021
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• Why exempt U.S. from new travel restrictions? Feds point to low Omicron transmission

  According to the new travel rules, anyone coming into Canada from a country other than the U.S. will have to be tested for COVID on arrival, then isolate and await their results.

  Politics

  Dec 5, 2021
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• Omicron COVID-19 variant can be fought with same tools used to combat Delta: WHO

  Much remains unknown about the new variant, including whether it is more contagious, or if it makes people more seriously ill, and whether it can thwart the vaccine.

  Health

  Dec 3, 2021