South Africa registered 9,020 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the cumulative total to 3,433,554. A further 81 Covid-19-related deaths were reported, taking total official deaths to 90,935. A total of 27,913,197 vaccines have been administered.
Pfizer, Merck pills hinge on Biden plan to expand testingPeople in Paris will be required to wear masks outside beginning Dec. 31 in an effort to slow the spread of new Covid-19 infections, the French police said on Wednesday.
The Cleveland Clinic, a world-renowned medical research institute and one of Ohio’s largest employers, is down 2,700 staff—roughly 10% of its medical caregiving workforce—due to quarantines, Robert Wyllie, the clinic’s chief medical officer said during a news conference. And the remaining staff must take care of more patients than ever.
It underlines the importance of getting people everywhere vaccinated as much as possible. Some 92 of 194 member states missed the WHO’s target to inoculate at least 40% of the population in each country, due to limited supplies to low-income countries and vaccines arriving close to expiration dates or without key parts like syringes, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
Walensky spoke amid concerns that the return of U.S. children to school after the holiday break may further spread infections, already at record levels.Coronavirus cases in the United Arab Emirates rose above 2,000 for the first time in six months, prompting Abu Dhabi and Dubai to tighten rules to curb the spread of infections.
South Korea reimposed tighter virus curbs, including cutting business hours of restaurants, movie theaters and coffee shops, on Dec. 18. The government will decide on Friday whether to extend the rules, which are set to end on Jan. 2.Vietnam plans to initially limit the resumption of regular international flights to routes between the Southeast Asian country and Japan and the U.S. in early January, Tien Phong newspaper reported, citing the civil aviation authority.
Confined to a hiding place, the man experienced increased mental stress and deteriorating health, the report said.Rapid tests that are being widely used to detect Covid-19 infections in minutes may miss some cases caused by the Omicron variant, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Early laboratory data suggest antigen tests do detect infections caused by Omicron but they may have a reduced sensitivity, the agency said.
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