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While delta and omicron have made headlines, there have been more than a dozen COVID variants since the start of the pandemic.

A new COVID-19 variant that has twice as many mutations as the Delta variant has been spotted in Botswana, South Africa, and Hong Kong.

Comments The World Health Organiaation said on Tuesday, 1 June, that only one strain of the COVID-19 variant, which was first found in India, is being now considered "of concern", news agency AFP reported. Scientifically nomenclatured as B.1.617, the variant of the coronavirus is considered as the cause for the massive second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The B.1.617 variant has also been labelled as the “triple mutant variant” as it has three different lineages. The WHO, h...

Singapore is reviewing its travel bubble with Hong Kong as it cracks down in response to a flareup linked to the variant first identified in India. Vietnam orders strict border controls. Sydney identifies a new case.

Singapore Weighs H.K. Bubble; India Loan Relief: Virus Update Bloomberg 29 mins ago © Bloomberg Virus in the BJP Heartland as Virus Crisis Hurts Modi (Bloomberg) -- Singapore is reviewing its travel bubble with Hong Kong as it cracks down in response to a flareup linked to the variant first identified in India. Vietnam orders strict border controls. Sydney identifies a new case. Popular Searches Deaths from Covid-19 in India may double from current levels, new research suggests. India’s ...

Updates on CCP Virus: Virgin Voyages Mandates Vaccines for All Crew and Passengers Virgin Voyages, the cruise line founded by billionaire business magnate Richard Branson, will require all crew and passengers to get a CCP virus vaccine, the company said. The move makes Virgin Voyages one of the first cruise lines to mandate the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus vaccine. “We know that the future is vaccinations and testing,” McAlpin said, and that’s why Virgin Voyages is “committed ...

California Hospital Crisis Worsens; Moderna EU Nod: Virus Update Bloomberg 6/01/2021 Bloomberg News © Bloomberg A pharmacist draws a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the Brooklyn Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare nursing home in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration urged that vaccines be given according to how the agency has authorized them, in a rebuke to officials attempting to alter ...

Jan 07 2021, 11:30 AM January 06 2021, 4:21 AM January 07 2021, 11:30 AM (Bloomberg) -- Top U.S. health officials encouraged states to start vaccinating people more widely, acknowledging that the immunization rollout has been slower than anticipated. Moderna Inc.’s vaccine won European Union approval. (Bloomberg) -- Top U.S. health officials encouraged states to start vaccinating people more widely, acknowledging that the immunization rollout has been slower than anticipated. Moderna Inc.�...

California Hospital Crisis Worsens; Moderna EU Nod: Virus Update Bloomberg 1/6/2021 Bloomberg News © Bloomberg A pharmacist draws a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the Brooklyn Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare nursing home in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration urged that vaccines be given according to how the agency has authorized them, in a rebuke to officials attempting to alter t...

California Hospital Crisis Worsens; Moderna EU Nod: Virus Update Bloomberg 1/6/2021 Bloomberg News © Bloomberg A pharmacist draws a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the Brooklyn Center for Rehabilitation and Healthcare nursing home in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration urged that vaccines be given according to how the agency has authorized them, in a rebuke to officials attempting to alter t...