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A small study from South Africa suggests that the spread of the COVID-19 omicron variant may reduce infections from the delta variant, as the former strain builds up immunity against the latter.

Pope Francis called for more solidarity with those living in poverty as he celebrated mass in Rome in front of a masked congregation of around 2,000 people, while billions around the world again marked Christmas under the shadow of the coronavirus.

Scientific researchers have found and how it compares to previous variants here. >> reporter: thats right, isa. scientists in south africa think this is a positive scientific. we need this bit of good bit of news in the pandemic. scientists say they believe south africa is now past the peak of the omicron wave. now, to be clear, this peak was much steeper according to one expert speaking to cnn, but significantly shorter. what does that mean? it took half the time compared to previous waves to g...

Replicating and that big host inflammatory response, so you have to give it very early on. >> in todays white house briefing, dr. offit, dr. fauci brought up a study from skrld that reflects the data come in from south africa that omicron is less severe than delta. it is too early to say if that is the case here in the united states, but will you be looking to see if that is sctrue here a well. that is important. >> if you look at the south africa data, when you saw the beta variant come into so...

For a number of reasons, as time goes on vaccines become less effective. So how do researchers calculate how well vaccines are working?

For a number of reasons, as time goes on vaccines become less effective. So how do researchers calculate how well vaccines are working?

Leading scientists cautioned that the level of immunity against the coronavirus among South Africa’s population due to earlier infections may be masking the severity of illness caused by the Omicron variant.

At this stage, we cannot say anything about the severity of cases with Omicron - either in primary or reinfections.

It. >> doctors say most of those hospitalized are unvbaccinated and with the virus maufrping across the country. >> youre either going to be vaccinated or recovering from covid or dead. >> as the the u.s. prepared to mark one year since the first shots went into arms, the pace of covid vaccinations is up 40% over a month ago. with nearly 460,000 people getting their first shots each day, and some 2 million total doses administered a day. about half of them booster doses. early studies suggest bo...