South Africa says it may be entering fifth COVID wave
ALEXANDER WINNING and WENDELL ROELF SOUTH AFRICA may be entering a fifth COVID wave earlier than expected after a sustained
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Omicron
UAE to lift entry, transit ban on passengers from 12 African countries
THE United Arab Emirates will lift an entry and transit ban on Saturday on travellers who had recently visited South
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Tunisia to restore curfew and ban gatherings over COVID
TUNISIA will re-impose a night curfew and ban all gatherings for two weeks starting from Thursday to counter the rapid
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South African studies suggest Omicron has higher ‘asymptomatic carriage’
PRELIMINARY findings from two South African clinical trials suggest the Omicron coronavirus variant has a much higher rate of “asymptomatic
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T-cells: the superheroes in the battle against omicron
OMICRON is spreading rapidly throughout the world, with experts claiming that 40% of the global population will be infected within
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“SA should step up COVID-19 vaccinations”
SOUTH Africa should step up COVID-19 vaccinations, President Cyril Ramaphosa has said, urging members of his governing African National Congress
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South African and UK hospitalisation data: what it tells us about how deadly omicron is
RECENT official South African medical reports and countrywide COVID data have indicated that since early November, when omicron was first
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Omicron dampens global New Year celebrations, fewer watch ball drop in Times Square
DANIEL TROTTA THE Omicron coronavirus variant dampened New Year festivities around much of the world, with Paris cancelling its fireworks
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‘Tsunami’ of COVID-19 cases around world raises testing and quarantine fears
RENJU JOSE and CRISPIAN BALMER GLOBAL COVID-19 infections hit a record high over the past seven-day period, Reuters data showed
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South Africa study suggests Omicron could displace Delta
RESEARCH by South African scientists suggests that Omicron could displace the Delta variant of the coronavirus because infection with the
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