Omicron Covid
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Masks recommended on long flights amid new COVID variant spread: WHOPassengers should be advised to wear masks in high-risk settings such as long-haul flights, said the WHO's senior emergency officer for Europe.WorldJan 10, 2023
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Omicron changed the course of the pandemic 1 year ago and still dominates. What’s next?On Nov. 24, 2021, a group of scientists in South Africa alerted the World Health Organization to a concerning new COVID-19 variant the world would come to know as Omicron.HealthNov 25, 2022
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Health Canada approves Moderna’s Omicron COVID booster; 780K doses arriving FridayOttawa has signed an agreement with Moderna to provide 12 million doses of its updated shot for 2022 and 2023, though rollout times are unclear.HealthSep 1, 2022
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COVID still likely to hospitalize hundreds of Hamiltonians between fall and end of 2022Public health is predicting more COVID activity in the fall among Hamiltonians due to waning immunity and increased transmission through close contact.HealthAug 10, 2022
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Is the pandemic over? What to expect from COVID-19 in the months aheadAs the third winter of the COVID-19 pandemic looms in the northern hemisphere, scientists are warning weary governments and populations alike to brace for more waves of the virus.HealthAug 1, 2022
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Pfizer says updated COVID-19 shots boost protection against omicron variantThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration is considering ordering a recipe change for the vaccines made by both Pfizer and Moderna to minimize the spread of omicron.HealthJun 25, 2022
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Updated Moderna COVID-19 vaccine boosts Omicron protection, company saysModerna's preliminary study results show people given the combination shot experienced an eight-fold increase in virus-fighting antibodies capable of targeting the Omicron mutant.HealthJun 8, 2022
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Pfizer booster for kids 5 to 11 helps protect against Omicron variant, company saysPfizer and BioNTech said the data reinforces potential function of a third dose of the vaccine in maintaining high levels of protection against the virus in this age group.WorldApr 14, 2022
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Assessing your risk in Canada’s 6th wave will be difficult. Here’s whyProvincial governments are telling Canadians to estimate their own sense of risk, but those same governments are reducing the amount of data available to residents, experts say.CanadaApr 12, 2022
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WHO analyzing 2 new Omicron COVID-19 sub-variants: BA.4 and BA.5The WHO said it had begun tracking them because of their "additional mutations that need to be further studied to understand their impact on immune escape potential."WorldApr 11, 2022
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