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Omicron spreading and infecting the vaccinated - WHO
Date: 2021-12-20 18:48:09 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:80 - ID:9328912
GENEVA, Dec 20 (MENA) - The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading faster than the Delta variant and is causing infections in people already vaccinated or who have recovered from the COVID-19 disease, the head of the World Health ....
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US continues to advise Americans against traveling to Ukraine
Date: 2021-12-20 18:47:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:79 - ID:9328911
WASHINGTON, Dec 20 (MENA) - The US State Department on Monday said American citizens should reconsider travel to Ukraine amid increased threats from Russia, US News reported. The State Department added that it continues to advise against ....
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Number of confirmed Omicron cases rises to 26 in Greece
Date: 2021-12-20 18:47:15 GMT - Greece - World - SN:78 - ID:9328909
ATHENS, Dec 20 (MENA) - The number of confirmed Omicron cases in Greece has risen to 26, ekathimerini newspaper quoted the Greek authorities as saying on Monday. According to the head of the National Public Health Organization (EODY) Theoklis ....
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Novavax's COVID vaccine becomes 5th jab to be approved for use in EU
Date: 2021-12-20 16:39:50 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:76 - ID:9328592
AMSTERDAM, Dec 20 (MENA) - Novavax's COVID vaccine has become the fifth to be authorized for use in the European Union, Euro News reported Monday. It was given the green light by the bloc's drugs regulator, the European Medicines Agency (EMA), on ....
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WEF postpones Davos meeting over Omicron outbreak
Date: 2021-12-20 13:50:16 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:57 - ID:9328226
DAVOS, Dec 20 (MENA) - – The World Economic Forum (WEF) will defer its Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, in the light of continued uncertainty over the Omicron outbreak, according to a press release published by WEF on Monday. The Annual ....
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Plevris rules out general lockdown but not other measures
Date: 2021-12-20 11:38:23 GMT - Greece - World - SN:41 - ID:9328009
ATHENS, Dec 20 (MENA) - Health Minister Thanos Plevris on Sunday ruled out a new general lockdown but stated that the government will enforce any measure necessary, ahead of the projected spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant. “Our current ....
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Over 20,000 people evacuated due to heavy rains in Malaysia
Date: 2021-12-20 10:41:30 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:32 - ID:9327708
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 20 (MENA) - More than 20,000 people in Malaysia have been forced to evacuate after torrential rain caused widespread flooding. The heavy rainfall from Friday through Saturday resulted in flood waters inundating houses and other ....
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European countries impose travel curbs to slow Omicron’s spread
Date: 2021-12-20 10:27:36 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:29 - ID:9327688
LONDON, Dec 20 (MENA) - European countries are tightening restrictions to reduce the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant after the Netherlands reimposed a strict nationwide lockdown on Saturday, said The Financial Times. Germany set new ....
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COVID: US health expert Fauci warns omicron is 'raging' around the world
Date: 2021-12-20 09:57:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:27 - ID:9327626
WASHINGTON, Dec 20 (MENA) - The omicron variant of the coronavirus is "raging" around the world, the White House's top medical advisor Anthony Fauci said on Sunday. Fauci said in a TV interview for NBC that the "real problem” for the US hospital ....
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PH detects 3rd case of omicron variant
Date: 2021-12-20 09:15:22 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:24 - ID:9327624
MANILA, Dec 20 (MENA) - The Philippines has detected its third COVID-19 omicron case in a Filipino traveler arriving from an overseas trip, the Department of Health said Monday. The 36-year-old unvaccinated male arrived on November 28 at the ....
