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A large number of infants admitted with COVID-19 last month in Tshwane raised concerns that the newly identified Omicron could pose greater risks for young children than other variants.

More young children are now being hospitalized with the coronavirus and authorities are urging people to get fully vaccinated. But the government is confident that the public health measures already in place are sufficient.

Of young children. and after germany announced new restrictions for the unvaccinated on thursday, the republic of ireland has announced limits on the size of attendances at indoor events for its entire population and a restriction of no more than four households socialising in a private home. so lets take a closer look at south africa, where as we heard omicron is spreading at an unprecedented rate. south africas health minister urged people to get vaccinated. this fourth wave, which we have sta...

Socialising in a private home. so lets take a closer look at south africa, where as we heard omicron is spreading at an unprecedented rate. south africas health minister, urged people to get vaccinated. this fourth wave, which we have started to enter into, can be managed without too many casualties, without too much loss of life, if we all observe the safety measures — the biggest risk being gatherings, especially indoor gatherings. as more cases emerge, so does the data about the effectivene...

And after germany announced new restrictions for the unvaccinated on thursday, the republic of ireland has announced limits on the size of attendances at indoor events for its entire population, and a restriction of no more than four households socialising in a private home. so, lets take a closer look at south africa, where as we heard omicron is spreading at an unprecedented rate. south africas health minister urged people to get vaccinated. this fourth wave which we have started to enter into...

Remain low and symptoms of the new variant are reported to be mild. our africa correspondent andrew harding has more. its summer time here in south africa, but a shadow looms over the beaches and holiday season. a fourth wave of covid infections is spreading fast, driven by the new variant. are you worried about this new variant, omicron? the new one, i am worried. im worried. we dont know what the new variants like. what the symptoms are, how bad the symptoms are. how it could affect us now and...

Stepped up as the world health organization wants country to prepare the potential new surges because of omicron with travel bands at best only delaying its spread. mark labelle, bbc news. —— lobel. south africa, which recorded some of the earliest instances of the omicron variant, is seeing a major increase in cases. over the last week, the daily number of new covid infections has increased fourfold, from less than 3,000 to more than 11,500, three quarters of which are omicron. so far hospi...

Welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, im karishma vaswani. the headlines. germany announces tough restrictions on the unvaccinated as it battles a fourth wave of covid, jabs could become mandatory from february. south africa says the omicron variant is driving a sharp increase in covid infections there. officials say vaccinations are vital. the real problem here is not a lack of vaccines, it is the fact that younger people seem very reluctant to get a jab. tech and taxis — as kidn...

Socialising in a private home. so, lets take a closer look at south africa, just about to deliver an address to the nation. so, lets take a closer look at south africa, where omicron is spreading at an unprecedented rate. in the past 2a hours, 11,500 new cases were reported. just compare that to an average of 300 daily infections two weeks ago. south africas health minister urged people to get vaccinated. this fourth wave which we have started to enter into can be managed. without too many casua...

Our africa correspondent andrew harding has more. its summer time here in south africa, but a shadow looms over the beaches and holiday season. a fourth wave of covid infections is spreading fast, driven by the new variant. are you worried about this new variant, omicron? the new one, i am worried. im worried. we dont know what the new variants like. what the symptoms are, how bad the symptoms are. how it could affect us now and it makes you really scared. at their laboratory here in durban the ...