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Experts address the status of whole genome sequencing in the U.S. to detect variants of the coronavirus and how it remains essential for staying ahead of COVID-19 as much as possible.

Experts address the status of whole genome sequencing in the US to detect variants of SARS-CoV-2 and how it remains essential for staying ahead of COVID-19 as much as possible.

Pakistan on Wednesday approved a booster shot of COVID-19 vaccines for healthcare workers, immunocompromised people and those aged over 50 years.

Changed. if you care to, consult your doctor about getting the vaccine and getting a booster. you dont have to but you should consider it, especially if you are elderly or you are immunocompromised. anybody three, if you do get it, it appears that some, not all, but some of our antiviral drugs wont work as well as they do with other variations. but, what many of them arent saying is that we have other antiviral drugs. >> pete: yes. >> already developed that we think can address this thing. numbe...

Covid-19 infections in the fully vaccinated are rare but are more common and severe in people with weaker immune systems, according to a real-world retrospective study led by the US drug maker Pfizer involving nearly 1.2 million people.

Australian biotech EnGeneIC, which is developing its nanocell tech for use in infectious diseases (including a COVID-19 vaccine) as well as a cancer treatment, has announced a deal with US biotech ImmunityBio to develop, manufacture and commercialize the tech.

Confident. the spokesperson says the winter olympics will proceed as planned despite the emergence of the variant. it is hard to guarantee success given all the uncertainty about this new variant. >> thanks to all of our correspondents there. lets bring in now dr. megan ranny, professor of emergency medicine and associate dean of public health at brown university. great to see you. i know you have been talking about the fine line between overreaction and under reaction. so are we achieving that?...

>> exactly, people who are immunocompromised. >> and we are doing that globally. >> well that is part of the issue, the south africans, they have reported this, they do this very fast, and basically the world to shut down on south africa. i was there two months ago, and they actually seem to, as a society, taking this thing very seriously back then. everybody was sanitizing, everybody was signing in everywhere you when. they would show their test frequently. one of the issues though is that afri...

Was six months, now its happened between the second dose, it was six months, now its three months. but there will also be childhood immunisation and a covid vaccine has altered there, so 12—year—olds will get the second dose and then hopefully they will be given a boost as well. in amongst all of that, we have got the compromised communities, the immunocompromised, those who are on immunosuppressants, orwho immunocompromised, those who are on immunosuppressants, or who have had a chance —�...

We need to use testing very generously before travel, after travel and be particularly careful when gathering with family members not vaccinated and those who are immunocompromised. if people arent excited to get vaccinated by elsa or delta, maybe the spectrum of omicron will inspire people to do what they need to do and get the primary vaccine series. if not, get boosters. >> we saw boris johnson said they were going to boost the booster campaign. dr. chu, nick, david and arlette, thank you for...