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South African scientists first announced that they had identified a new variant on November 25, 2021. Since then, cases of COVID have increased exponentially and South Africa has entered a fourth wave.
UK Experts on Omicron: UK’s health experts have claimed that two doses of coronavirus vaccine cannot protect you from symptomatic Omicron variant of coronavirus.
Worrisome. >> neil: so the unvaccinated, are they particularly vulnerable to this? >> yeah, the unvaccinated are more frequently represented and the people that wind up in the hospital. i think there's studies going on to see how much protection our vaccines offer. >> the news is generally good that if you have two doses, it works well. take the good news when we can. there's evidence with people with a third dose a bit more production. another point of good news >> neil: pfizer could be taking their own book here saying a third dose of the vaccine could be effective in mitigating the omicron ...
Omicron variant spreads to 57 countries, increase in hospitalisations expected: WHO - The Omicron variant has now been detected in 57 countries, as per WHO, and the hospitilisations due to it are expected to rise.
It's really important to be vaccinated. we know it's already spreading here. delta is our problem right no but we need to make sure we are able that thwart off this coming wave of omicron infections as well. getting vaccinated. >> yeah. today cdc director dr. rochelle walensky said the anime convention, which was held in new york city will likely provide some of the earliest data on transmissibility of the omicron variant in the u.s. of the 53,000 people who attended, 35,000 have been contacted and encouraged to get tested. i mean, there is usually not that kind of level of testing. what will ...