Israel world #1 in daily COVID cases per capita; exposed schoolkids won’t quarantine
Israel is leading the world in new daily COVID-19 cases per capita, data showed Thursday. Speaking to Channel 12 news, a top health expert advising the government cited figures from Our World in Data showing 0.6 percent of the population was testing positive per day. The numbers comparing each country’s seven-day running average put Israel […]
Mexico Covid Cases Rise by Record That Doubles Previous Wave
Mexico Covid Cases Rise by Record That Doubles Previous Wave (Bloomberg) — Mexico registered a record number of new Covid-19 cases Wednesday — more than double the amount seen in previous waves — as the omicron variant extends its spread through the country. The country recorded 60,552 new coronavirus cases, pushing total cases up to […]
Epidemiologists warn impacts of omicron could linger ‘if you declare victory too quickly’
Official case counts are dropping. COVID levels in Boston-area wastewater are down dramatically. The omicron wave — in terms of new cases — appears to have peaked in Massachusetts. And experts say hospitalizations are likely nearing or at their peak, too. But some epidemiologists are urging caution and pointing out that cases remain far above […]
Michigan hospital officials cite first signs of early progress since COVID omicron surge
DETROIT – For the first time since the start of the COVID omicron surge in Michigan, hospital officials with the Henry Ford Health System said they’re starting to see some signs of early progress. “These trends are aligning and pointing in the right direction,” said Bob Riney, president of health care operations and COO at Henry Ford Health. Tide turning […]
Japan shortens interval for COVID booster by a month amid omicron’s spread
Seemingly alarmed by the unprecedented speed with which the omicron variant is spreading across the country, the government has been forced to make another revision to its COVID-19 policies, including shortening the isolation period for close contacts and the timetable for administering booster shots. Amid reports that the highly contagious variant is now estimated to […]
White House announces website to order free COVID-19 tests starting Jan.19
Americans will be able to order free at-home rapid COVID-19 tests online starting Jan. 19, the White House said Friday. The move makes available the 500 million rapid tests President Biden said his administration purchased last month. There are some important limitations, though. Each residential address will be limited to four tests. The tests are […]
COVID-19: Nigeria records eight fatalities, 420 new infections Monday
As Nigeria, like other countries, continues to battle theCOVID-19 pandemic, the country continues to record daily fatalities from the disease. On Monday, Nigeria recorded eight deaths from the virus, the country’s disease control centre, NCDC, said. The NCDC disclosed this in an update on its official Facebook page, adding that 420 new infections were reported across […]
Polish scientists find gene that doubles risk of serious COVID-19
WARSAW — Polish scientists have found a gene that they say more than doubles the risk of becoming severely ill with COVID-19, a discovery they hope could help doctors identify people who are most at risk from the disease. With vaccine hesitancy a major factor behind high coronavirus death rates in central and eastern Europe, […]
What is Deltacron?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOagqfawCv8&ab_channel=RepublicWorld What Is Deltacron? The New COVID Variant Identified In Cyprus Health researchers in Cyprus on Saturday identified a new strain of the COVID-19 virus that combines at least 10 mutations of the Delta and Omicron variants. The new variant dubbed as ‘Deltacron’ was detected in patients hospitalised for Coronavirus, a professor who was part […]
US sees record COVID-19 pediatric hospital admissions on Wednesday
The U.S. documented a record number of COVID-19 pediatric hospital admissions on Wednesday, with federal data showing almost 1,000 children with confirmed infection were admitted. Department of Health and Human Services data updated Thursday shows that 951 children were hospitalized with COVID-19 on Wednesday — the highest number throughout the pandemic. These daily new pediatric admissions skyrocketed […]
