Covid-19

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNone of the 100-plus partygoers who caught Omicron at a Norwegian Christmas party believed to be the world’s biggest coronavirus super-spreader event have fallen seriously unwell. Read…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteFailure to vaccinate the world against coronavirus created the perfect breeding ground for the emergence of the Omicron variant  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is the image that has sparked fear among scientists, prompted ministers to turbocharge the UK’s booster vaccine rollout and seen the…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe variant has begun circulating across the globe, with cases in at least 30 countries.  Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe European Union’s public health agency said on Thursday that the Omicron variant could be responsible for more than half of all…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA new drug which can reduce the risk of hospitalisation and death from COVID by 79% has been approved for use in…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThere is no proof that the emergence of the new variant of coronavirus, Omicron, is linked to HIV. Read More

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOmicron was in the UK days before South Africa warned the world of the new Covid variant, it has emerged after the…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteNigeria has detected its first case of the omicron coronavirus variant in a sample it collected in October, weeks before South Africa…

Reading Time: < 1 minuteGPs and other primary healthcare providers in South Africa’s commercial metropolis Johannesburg said they are experiencing a surge of Covid-19 cases Read…