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PARIS (AP) — France will sharply restrict travel to and from Britain because of...

A two-dose Pfizer/BioNTech vaccination provides 70% protection against hospitalization, according to a study in South Africa.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The omicron variant is offering more hints about what it may have in store as it...

The company says full results of its study of the pill confirm promising early findings of the drug's protection against hospitalization and death.

The omicron variant appears to cause less severe disease than previous versions of the coronavirus, and the Pfizer vaccine seems to offer less defense against infection from it but still good protection from hospitalization, according to an analysis of data from South Africa, where the new variant is driving a surge in infections.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has postponed getting a booster shot of a COVID-19 vaccine because he has tested positive for the disease and is recuperating from mild symptoms, his office announced Monday.

OTTAWA - The federal government is extending, and slightly expanding, a travel exemption for Canadians trying to return home from South Africa.

“It's early days, and we need to get the final data. Often hospitalizations and deaths happen later, and we are only two weeks into this wave.”

Only 30% of hospitalizations in recent weeks serious, about half the rate of previous waves; just 3% of patients die, unlike 20% in earlier outbreaks; meanwhile UK predictions dire

South African doctors caution it will take more weeks to collect enough data to be sure, but early evidence offers some clues.