COVID-19 Updates: Omicron Variant Was in Europe Before Being Detected in South Africa
The Omicron variant https://lihathanyaberita.blogspot.com/2021/12/covid-19-raises-risk-of-birth.html was detected in Europe days before it was detected in South Africa. Authorities in the Netherlands said two samples taken on Nov. 19 and 23 tested positive for this coronavirus variant.
This means the variant was spreading in Europe before South African authorities announced the new variant.
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Widespread travel bans to and from southern African countries after the announcement have drawn condemnation from some health experts for being punitive and ineffectual.
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CDC says everyone over 18 should get a COVID-19 booster
Due to the rise of the Omicron variant, the CDCTrusted Source now says all adults in the United States should get a COVID-19 booster after their initial vaccine series.Medical experts are unsure how protective vaccines will be against the new variant, but they believe vaccines are still likely to offer protection against severe illness and death.https://zwatshitangani.co.za/articles/read/semenax-ingredients-with-benefits-or-side-effects_344.html
“The recent emergence of the Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) further emphasizes the importance of vaccination, boosters, and prevention efforts needed to protect against COVID-19,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said in a statementTrusted Source.https://startupmatcher.com/p/kritonromy
Greece announces compulsory vaccination for those over age 60.Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced today that citizens over age 60 must be vaccinated against COVID-19 or face a fine.https://neozzle.com/services/health-beauty-fitness/semenax_i10438
Unvaccinated residents over 60 will have until Jan. 16 to comply before being fined 100 euros (about $114) per month until they do so.“We are focusing our efforts on protection of our fellow citizens and for this reason their vaccination will be mandatory from now on,” Mitsotakis told a cabinet meeting, according to Reuters.http://semenax-mexico.bravesites.com/
The island nation has had 924,506 confirmed cases and nearly 18,000 deaths since the pandemic began in 2020, according to World Health Organization (WHO) data.
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The Infectious Diseases Society of America and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America told Healthline in a joint emailed statement that increasing vaccination is key to controlling the pandemic — not only in the United States but globally.
“Because travel restrictions have been shown to have limited ability to stop the spread of infection, the tools we already have available, such as vaccination, testing and masking, are the most effective strategies to contain the pandemic,” the organizations said in the statement.
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Yesterday, President Biden delivered remarks regarding the newest declared variant of concern, Omicron.“The very day the World Health Organization identified the new variant, I took immediate steps to restrict travel from countries in Southern Africa,” said Biden. “But while we have — that travel restrictions can slow the speed of Omicron, it cannot prevent it.”http://rise-up.co.uk/yclas/yclas/user/kriton-romy
The president also emphasized that these restrictions will give the United States time to act quickly, make sure people understand how important it is to get vaccinated, and to receive booster shots when eligible.He added that Omicron is “a cause for concern, not a cause for panic,” and reassured everyone that existing vaccines still offer protection.https://anunciase.com/user/kriton-romy
“While it will be a few weeks before we know everything we need to know about how strongly the existing vaccines protect against the new variant — Dr. Fauci, who is with me today — of our medical team, and — believe that the vaccines will continue to provide a degree of protection against severe disease,” said Biden.
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‘This is what viruses do,’ says WHO director-general
In opening remarksTrusted Source today at the Member State Information Session on the Omicron variant, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, said the WHO Secretariat takes the Omicron variant “extremely seriously,” as should all member states.
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“But we should not be surprised,” he pointed out. “This is what viruses do.”
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“The longer we allow the pandemic to drag on — by failing to address vaccine inequity, or to implement public health and social measures in a tailored and consistent way — the more opportunity we give this virus to mutate in ways we cannot predict or prevent,” he continued.
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Tedros also noted he’s equally concerned that certain member states have introduced “blunt, blanket measures” that are neither evidence-based nor effective, and could only worsen inequities.
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“We call on all Member States to take rational, proportional risk-reduction measures, in keeping with the International Health Regulations,” he said.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has designatedTrusted Source the COVID-19 mutation B.1.1.529 a variant of concern and named it Omicron.
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WHO officials said this decision is based on evidence that the Omicron variant has multiple mutations that could have an impact on how easily it spreads and the severity of illness it causes.
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Here’s what they know so far:
It’s “not yet clear” whether Omicron is more infectious compared with other variants, including Delta.
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There’s also no firm evidence that Omicron causes more severe disease compared with other variants.However, officials https://disqus.com/by/kritonromy/about/ note that preliminary evidence suggests “there may be an increased risk of reinfection with Omicron as compared to other variants of concern,” but that data is still limited.
Sharon Peacock, PhD, who led the genetic sequencing of COVID-19 in Britain at the University of Cambridge, told the Associated Press https://www.weddingwire.com/website/semenax-and-semenax-mexico that data suggests Omicron has mutations “consistent with enhanced transmissibility” but added “the significance of many of the mutations is still not known.”
Moderna announces strategy against Omicron variant
Moderna officials have announced updates https://slashdot.org/submission/15066321/semenax-ingredients-with-benefits-or-side-effects to their strategy regarding COVID-19 variants of concern, in light of the newly declared Omicron variant.
Steps the company is taking include:
rapidly testing to determine if a larger, 100 µg dose provides superior neutralizing protection against Omicron studying two booster candidates that were designed to anticipate mutations, like those observed in the Omicron varianthttps://profile.hatena.ne.jp/semenaxmexico/profile
rapidly advancing creation of an Omicron-specific booster candidate
“From the beginning, we have said that, as we seek to defeat the pandemic, it is imperative that we are proactive as the virus evolves,” Stéphane Bancel, the chief executive officer of Moderna, said in a statement.
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“The mutations in the Omicron variant are concerning and for several days, we have been moving as fast as possible to execute our strategy to address this variant,” he said.
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New York governor urges vaccinations as COVID-19 cases increase
New York governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency due to a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases in her state.
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According to the executive order, New York is now experiencing COVID-19 transmission at rates the state has not seen since April 2020.
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Hochul updated state residents on progress against the pandemic on Sunday, emphasizing the importance of vaccination.
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“The Omicron variant poses a very real threat to the progress we’ve made,” she said in a statement. “We’re entering a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, where it’s more important than ever for every eligible New Yorker to get vaccinated.”
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“Cases are rising throughout New York State, and the new Omicron variant poses a very real threat to the progress we’ve made,” she warned, “so please get your shot today.”
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11/24/21 9:40 a.m. PST — German officials begin COVID-19 crackdown on public transportation
Beginning today, inspectors on German public transport will demand proof of vaccination, recent COVID-19 recovery, or a negative test before passengers are allowed to board, according to The New York Times.
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Documents will be checked randomly and federal police will be called in if passengers who can’t show proof refuse to get off at the next stop.
“Unless passengers have been vaccinated or have recovered from a coronavirus infection, they must carry proof of a negative rapid test when using a mode of transportation,” the transport association stated. “The test must have been taken less than 24 hours ago at the start of the journey,” reported Berlin.de.
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The “get tough” measures were approved as Germany grapples with a significant surge in COVID-19 cases. On Tuesday, the European nation recorded a record 66,884 cases. The average daily case rate is now above 53,000, noted The Washington Times.
The Associated Press reported that vaccine hesitancy is persistent among a “sizeable minority” of the country.
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Israel strengthening its COVID-19 vaccination requirements
According to CNN, Israel has been “at the forefront” of COVID-19 vaccine rollouts for adults and teenagers as well as spearheading vaccine passports. In addition, Israel has been leading other nations in the use of booster shots.
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Now, no Israeli resident is considered fully vaccinated until they’ve received their third vaccine dose once they’re eligible.
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Lessons learned from Israel are influencing the world, as more nations follow the country’s example to respond to current case surges, reported CNN.
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Children in Israel who are between the ages of 5 and 11 are showing increased rates of infection, according to Israeli health officials. A vaccination campaign for that age group started on Monday.
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Pastor at the center of South Korea COVID-19 outbreak
A rural church in a town of 427 residents south of Seoul, South Korea, has been linked to 241 people testing positive for COVID-19, a city official told Reuters.
Roughly 90 percent of the religious community was unvaccinated, with most in close contact through communal living.
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A ritual act the pastor performs is a so-called “imposition of hands on eyes” that involves poking the eyes to eliminate “secular desire,” said Jung youn-seok, head of a cult information resources think tank.
Many of those who tested positive were in their 60s and older, the city official added, with only 17 of the affected parishioners having been vaccinated.
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“I believe it’s the church’s anti-government beliefs that refrained the believers to get the vaccine,” a government official told Reuters.
The town is currently under lockdown.
11/23/21 0:15 a.m. PST — Officials still uncertain how often COVID-19 booster shots will be needed
In a press briefing, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, said he was unsure whether more booster shots would be required in the fight against COVID-19.
“The honest answer is that we do not know at this point, but we’re collecting data,” he said. “We may not need to get boosted every 6 months or so, but if we do, we’ll address it. We’ll find the data, make it public, and address it accordingly.”
Fauci also pointed out several studies conducted around the world that have confirmed how boosters “significantly” reinforce protection from the coronavirus.
According to Fauci, the hope is that a booster dose could give our immune response “a chance to mature and strengthen,” while lasting longer than the second shot, which has been shown to wane in effectiveness within several months.
COVID-19 deaths in 2021 exceed total from 2020
The number of COVID-19 deaths this year in the United States has surpassed the total number from 2020.
Data from the CDC on Monday, Nov. 22, shows that 770,890 people have died from COVID-19 since the agency began collecting that information in February 2020.
It also shows that while 2020 had an estimated 377,883 fatalities, there have been more than 392,000 COVID-19-related deaths recorded in 2021.
Health officials say the delta variant now accounts for 83 percent of new COVID-19 cases in the United States.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the CDC, told a Senate hearing today that the new variant has jumped from 50 percent of new cases on July 3 to its current rate.
Another CDC official told CNN last week that “we should think about the delta variant as the 2020 version of COVID-19 on steroids.”
Health officials say that current COVID-19 vaccines are effective against the delta variant, but more than half of the country remains unvaccinated.
Olympic COVID-19 isolation bubble already ‘broken,’ says expert
The “isolation bubble” system that Olympic Games organizers set up to prevent disease spread in the Tokyo Games Olympic Village is already broken, and there’s a risk that COVID-19 could spread more widely from inside it, a public health expert said today.
Olympic officials have reported the first positive test among athletes in the Olympic Village. There have been 67 cases detected so far among those accredited for the games since July 1.
According to The Associated Press, a new case among 13 added to the official total Tuesday includes a “games-concerned personnel” in Tokyo, a category that includes team officials and sports staffers who are not staying at the village.
“It’s obvious that the bubble system is kind of broken,” said Dr. Kenji Shibuya, the former director of the Institute for Population Health at King’s College London, who in April co-authored a British Medical Journal commentary that said the Olympics must be “reconsidered” due to Japan’s inability to contain coronavirus cases, reported Reuters.
“My biggest concern is, of course, there will be a cluster of infections in the village or some of the accommodation and interaction with local people,” Shibuya added.
U.S. is losing ground in pandemic battle, experts say
According to CNN, our battle against COVID-19 is far from over.
Among examples of the stymied efforts to contain the pandemic, the network reported that:
New guidance for schools released yesterday from the American Academy of Pediatrics on mask wearing dampened hopes that children could go back to mask-free school days this fall.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 700 points July 19 in its biggest drop of the year as alarm over delta variant infections “hammered” travel, leisure, and energy stocks previously buoyed by the idea of a summer of freedom.
First lady Jill Biden’s trip to Japan later this week will likely underscore the risk that the Summer Olympic Games will be defined by the pandemic, as positive tests cloud Friday’s opening ceremony, including one by a young U.S. gymnast.
According to CNN, all these developments represent the realization that any hopes COVID-19 would be in the “rearview mirror” this summer might be unfounded, and that a new national effort may be warranted.
“If we don’t get a significant proportion of these recalcitrant people vaccinated, you’re going to be seeing a smoldering of this outbreak in our country for a considerable period of time,” Dr. Anthony Fauci told CNN on Monday.
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